Snapchat Updates Guidelines for Discover Publishers to Thwart Fake News, Clickbait

Katie Benner of The New York Times reported that Snapchat updates its guidelines for publishers in its Discover section, advising them to avoid posting photos or images with no news or editorial value, as well as reports on or links to outside websites that potentially share fake news, saying that all content must be fact-checked.

The messaging application also told Benner it plans to release a tool next month for publishers that will allow them to set up an age gate for content or prevent minors from seeing content.

Snapchat vice president of content Nick Bell told Benner:

We have been collaborating closely with all of our publishers, whose content has continued to evolve.