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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau wants social media companies to crack down on what he considers “fake news.”

According to a recent media report, Trudeau met with top executives at Facebook and told them to fix their algorithms to prevent the spread of so-called fake news.

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He didn’t simply ask Facebook to investigate the supposed problem, he threatened action – including stricter regulations from Ottawa – if the social media giant failed to comply with his demands.

Those are fighting words. But Trudeau and his Liberal colleagues have been anything but clear when it comes what they mean by ‘fake news.’

We hear the term thrown around a lot, but there is little agreement a definition.

Some use it to describe the rare phenomenon of websites that look reputable but are really just a guy in a basement somewhere in Eastern Europe making things up. Think of sites pushing total conspiracy theories about Elvis, JFK or the Pope.