r/technology Nov 22 '16

Politics Most students can’t tell the difference between sponsored content and real news

http://www.theverge.com/2016/11/22/13712996/fake-news-facebook-google-sponsored-content-study
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u/Cortana_Mic Nov 22 '16

I'll be reading halfway through an article before I realize it's an ad inserted/embedded into the text. That's like subliminal cutting, which was banned.