Happy Tuesday, Readers! Thank you for using NDItech as a source for your weekly technology news. When it comes to internet news, technology companies such as Twitter, Facebook, and Google have been under serious fire this week for perpetuating fake news stories surrounding the US presidential election that favored far-right views that, critics argue, ultimately contributed to Donald Trump’s victory.

The fiercely pro-Trump “news” stories, some written by teens in the Balkans, relayed fake information surrounding Trump and Clinton’s histories as politicians, updates from the campaign, and more. The creators of these articles profited from the clicks, likes, and shares through Google AdSense, giving monetary incentive to spread lies about the election. The social media networks have claimed that they were not at liberty to censor the information shared on their sites, and that they are not responsible for what news is shared because they are not news outlets. That being said, Mark Zuckerberg made a two statements this week on the issue, saying Facebook is taking steps to combat misinformation by potentially creating a reporting and flagging system for fake articles, and working with “fact checking organizations” to help with third-party verification.

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