Facebook Is Working With Fact-Checking Orgs to Flag Fake News

FactCheck.org is among the partners.

In response to post-election criticism for Facebook’s role in aiding and abetting the spread of fake news, i.e. stories that are made up in the imaginations of Macedonian teenagers and this guy, Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg promised back in November that he would do something about it.

Some of Zuckerberg’s plans to combat the problem are coming to fruition. In a Facebook post, Adam Mosseri, Facebook’s vp of news, described some of those proposals. They include tests on different ways to help users report and flag fake news as well as a partnership with fact-checking orgs to debunk the fake news items being shared.

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