Weekly Stories: Obama is worried about fake news on social media – and we should be too

https://www.theguardian.com/media/2016/nov/20/barack-obama-facebook-fake-news-problem

Obama sees that fake news is everywhere and so has expressed his concerns in what should be done.

•  62% of US adults now turn to social media for some or all of their news
• Many of the pro-Trump fake news sites – over 100 of them – were being operated as for-profit click-farms by Macedonian teenagers.
• “Of all the content on Facebook, more than 99% of what people see is authentic. Only a very small amount is fake news and hoaxes" - Facebook’s CEO Mark Zuckerberg 

In my opinion i think that this is an issue that should be addressed. This is because many people may believe in what is being stated in the articles without doing much research. This would also lead to those that are unaware of whether the article is satirical or not leading to these articles being quoted upon. The spread of fake news has especially been easier with the freedom of the internet making these stories much more easier to create.