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Facebook stumbles with early effort to stamp out fake news

Bloomberg Facebook Inc.’s strategy to stamp out fake news is struggling. The company outsources the process to third-party fact checkers who can only tackle a small fraction of the bogus news that floods the social network, according to interviews with people involved in the process. And screenshots obtained by Bloomberg reveal a process that some partners say is too cumbersome ...

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In a fresh diplomacy drive, UK targets Europe’s Brexit skeptics

Bloomberg Theresa May’s government will step up its diplomatic efforts to win over skeptical European leaders as part of the UK’s drive to push stalled Brexit talks forward from discussing divorce to the future of trade. Brexit Secretary David Davis plans meetings in London and various EU capitals with senior officials from Germany and elsewhere, amid concerns that some member ...

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Xi appoints new leader to run China’s biggest financial hub

Bloomberg One is China’s most reliable political springboard, the other is its largest regional economy. Both got new party chiefs in a weekend reshuffle that expands President Xi Jinping’s options for remaking the top leadership. Li Qiang, 58, a one-time top Xi aide, was appointed Communist Party secretary of the eastern financial hub of Shanghai on Sunday, the official Xinhua ...

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