Facebook allows users to weed out fake news
Facebook has unveiled a new feature, which allows users to flag news articles deemed “purposefully fake or deceitful news.” The move is said to be aimed at restricting the number of fake stories, hoaxes and scams appearing on the social network.
The new algorithm developed by the internet giant filters out the flagged story’s link from the people’s feeds, based on the number of users who reported the story to be fake.
“A post with a link to an article that many people have reported as a hoax or chose to delete will get reduced distribution in the News Feed,” Facebook said.
The goal is to clean up News Feeds and limit fake information on the 1.35-billion member network. Flagged stories will also come with a warning: “Many people have reported that this story contains false information.”
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