France Is the Next Stop on Facebook’s ‘Fight Fake News’ World Tour
Google News Lab is also backing First Draft Partner Network's Cross Check initiative
Facebook is expanding its efforts to combat fake news to France in advance of that country’s elections in April and May.
The social network announced that it will work with the following third-party fact-checkers to try to scrub its News Feed of fake news and hoaxes:
- Agence France-Presse
- BFMTV
- L’Express
- France Médias Monde
- L’Express
- Libération
- Le Monde
- 20 Minutes
The Cross Check initiative, led by nonprofit group First Draft Partner Network, is also being backed by Google in France. First Draft said in announcing Cross Check:
Today, we are proud to announce the launch of CrossCheck with Google News Lab.
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