Tim Cook speaks out against fake news, cites tech companies’ responsibility towards the issue

Apple CEO Tim Cook, in between tours of schools and meetings with developers in a trip to Britain, commented about the scourge of fake news in comments to The Telegraph. Cook, who pointed to false stories that spread like wildfire across the internet as a “big problem in a lot of the world,” stated that tech companies have a responsibility to intervene, “It has to be ingrained in the schools, it has to be ingrained in the public,” Cook said.