Technology brought us fake news — and it will help us kill it “Fake news” - websites disseminating news…

Questão

Technology brought us fake news — and it will help us kill it “Fake news” - websites disseminating news stories that are false but are believed to be true – was a major feature of the U.S. election season. Some observers believe that it determined the outcome of the election, although there is no way to definitively ascertain its effect on voting. Fake news is news that affects the digital universe profoundly. Fake news grew because of the ease of creating and disseminating websites and stories that look and read as credible as real news sites (at least to many people). It is disseminated on social media platforms just because dissemination of information without vetting has always been a feature of those platforms. This was designed to facilitate communication - no one removes a negative comment about a restaurant on Facebook. On the positive side, this means that everyone’s opinion can be disseminated. The awareness of fake news, though, reveals a downside – or perhaps a loophole – of the freedom to post. And fake news may beget¹ fake news. Facebook is not the only media company to be an inadvertent host for fake news, but it is by far the largest, with roughly 2 billion users each month. Forbes indicates that the fallout² from fake news during the election cycle may cause advertisers to pull back from Facebook, as it is less “brand safe” than formerly. If unchecked, fake news could impact the perceived credibility of online sites where fake news runs. Since the election, Facebook has announced plans to refine and increase automated detection of fake news and to make reporting of suspected stories easier for Facebook users. It has also indicated that the current ad system will be changed, to interfere with fake news sites receiving revenue from Facebook. <https://tinyurl.com/y8jfq2t4> Acesso em: 07.11.2017. Adaptado. Glossário beget¹: gerar, criar, produzir. fallout²: efeitos negativos. Assinale a alternativa correta, de acordo com o texto. (FATEC 2018)

1. A) O termo fake news se aplica aos websites que difundem notícias falsas.
2. B) A existência de fake news contribuiu para o desenvolvimento do universo digital.
3. C) As eleições americanas foram as responsáveis pelo início da divulgação de fake news.
4. D) O termo fake news é usado para designar toda informação que se baseia em fatos reais.
5. E) O resultado das eleições americanas foi, inegavelmente, uma consequência de fake news.

✅ Resposta correta: alternativa A

Resolução passo a passo

1. O primeiro paragrafo do texto define fake news como websites que disseminam noticias falsas que sao acreditadas como verdadeiras. Isso corresponde diretamente a alternativa A, que e a correta.
2. A alternativa B afirma que fake news contribuiu para o desenvolvimento do universo digital, mas o texto apenas diz que o fenomeno afeta esse universo profundamente, sem essa relacao causal.
3. A alternativa C atribui as eleicoes a origem da divulgacao de fake news, o que o texto nao diz; ele apenas as apresenta como um marco da temporada eleitoral.
4. A alternativa D inverte a definicao, pois fake news sao justamente informacoes que nao se baseiam em fatos reais.
5. A alternativa E afirma uma consequencia inegavel das fake news sobre o resultado eleitoral, mas o texto diz que nao ha como determinar seu efeito de forma definitiva.

💡 Dica: Confronte cada alternativa com a definicao do primeiro paragrafo e com a ressalva sobre a incerteza do efeito eleitoral.

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