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Facebook changing how it identifies ‘fake news’ stories
Facebook will bring up 'related articles' next to false stories that give context from fact-checkers on the stories' problems
New York: Facebook says it is changing how it identifies “fake news” stories on its platform to a more effective system.
The social-media network had put “disputed” labels on stories that fact-checkers found false. Instead, now it will bring up “related articles” next to the false stories that give context from fact-checkers on the stories’ problems.
Facebook on Thursday said that in its tests, fewer hoax articles were shared when they had fact-checkers’ articles spooled up next to them than when they were labelled with “disputed” flags.
The new approach may also help speed up the fact-checking system, which sometimes worked too slowly. Now information from just one checker can be shown next to the false story. The labelling system required two fact-checkers.
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First Published:22 Dec 2017, 09:48 AM IST
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