How Facebook Can Better Fight Fake News: Make Money Off the People Who Promote It – Facebook and other platforms are still struggling to combat the spread of misleading or deceptive “news” items promoted on social networks. Recent revelations about Cambridge Analytica and Facebook’s slow corporate response have drawn attention away from this ongoing, equally … Read more
Facebook and Twitter threatened with sanctions over Brexit ‘fake news’ – In the latest development, two giants of social media have been sternly warned they need to cooperate with an investigation over Russian interference in the EU Brexit referendum in 2016. Twitter and Facebook have both been told they have until January 18 to cooperate … Read more
Facebook rolling back controversial initiative to fight fake news: In the latest development, report has it that Facebook announced last week that it is rolling back its controversial “Disputed Flags” measure next to articles deemed fake news amid studies showing it does not stop the spread of such content and only encourages users to click … Read more
Facebook rolling back controversial initiative to fight fake news: In the latest development, report has it that Facebook announced last week that it is rolling back its controversial “Disputed Flags” measure next to articles deemed fake news amid studies showing it does not stop the spread of such content and only encourages users to click … Read more
Facebook changes the way it alerts users about fake news: Facebook is changing the way it identifies false and misleading news on the social network. It is ditching the red icon indicating fake news known as the “disputed flag” and will instead show Related Articles next to hoax posts in the News Feed, the company … Read more