Facebook has started rolling out their third-party fact-checking tool flagging Fake News before it makes it’s way to the masses.
After announcing it’s impending launch in December last year, the system came into play in the lead up to Saint Patricks Day when some users were given warning when trying to share an article on Irish slaves in colonial America stating that the article includes “disputed content”.
Facebook has started rolling out their third-party fact-checking tool flagging Fake News before it makes it’s way to the masses.
When clicked, the warning produces more information, with a second message “Sometimes people share fake news without knowing it. When independent fact-checkers dispute this content, you may be able to visit their websites to find out why,” it reads.
“Only fact-checkers signed up to Poynter’s non-partisan code of principles are shown.”
Users are given the option to flag fake news articles via the original method of post reporting and if a particular article is flagged enough it will be handed across to one of the third parties for scrutiny.
Trump supporters & others are losing their minds that Facebook is now showing this warning when they share a certain “Irish slaves” article pic.twitter.com/fzeU8ZOzjb
— Liam Hogan (@Limerick1914) March 19, 2017
With a post on his personal page, founder Mark Zuckerberg has admitted the business has “a greater responsibility” to help manage things like fake news, especially after its growing popularity following the recent US election.
Facebook is trying it’s best to make its feeds a better place. Less Fake News and more dogs please.
Via The Guardian.
