Thursday, December 15, 2016

Facebook to Label 'Fake News' with Help of Partisan 'Fact Checkers'

Facebook to Label 'Fake News' with Help of Partisan 'Fact Checkers': Facebook has announced it will introduce warning labels on stories they deem to be “fake news,” with the help of partisan “fact checking” organisations such as Snopes and PolitiFact.

Stories deemed to be false will now be “flagged” by Facebook, with an accompanying red label claiming the story is “disputed by 3rd Party Fact-Checkers.”

Users will then have the option to “learn why this is disputed” to receive an explanation as to why Facebook believes the story is false.

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