Instagram’s Use of Third-Party Fact-Checkers Goes Global

Content and ads from politicians are not subject to review

Instagram began testing parent company Facebook’s third-party fact-checking initiative in the U.S. in May, and Monday, the program was expanded worldwide.

The social network’s 45 third-party fact-checkers will independently assess and rate false information on Instagram in order to help detect it and reduce its distribution.

Instagram said in a blog post that content rated as false or partly false by a third-party fact checker will be removed from its Explore tab and hashtag pages in order to reduce its distribution, and it will be labeled in order to enable people to better decide for themselves what to read, trust and share.

The labels link to the rating from the fact-checker and provide links to articles from credible sources that debunk the questionable content.

Those

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