{"id":277200,"date":"2016-12-16T06:48:36","date_gmt":"2016-12-16T06:48:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=277200"},"modified":"2016-12-16T06:48:36","modified_gmt":"2016-12-16T06:48:36","slug":"fake-news-facebook-rolls-out-new-tools-to-tackle-false-stories","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/12\/fake-news-facebook-rolls-out-new-tools-to-tackle-false-stories\/","title":{"rendered":"Fake news: Facebook rolls out new tools to tackle false stories"},"content":{"rendered":"
Facebook has announced new features to help combat fabricated news stories on the world’s largest social network.<\/p>\n
New reporting features are being rolled out, along with other changes designed to combat the spread of misinformation.<\/p>\n
Facebook was widely criticised last month after some users complained that fake news had influenced the US presidential election.<\/p>\n
The new features include the ability to flag fake stories, as well as possible future changes to Facebook’s algorithm.<\/p>\n
“We believe in giving people a voice and that we cannot become arbiters of truth ourselves, so we’re approaching this problem carefully,” the company said in its announcement.<\/p>\n
The social network has added a new option titled “it’s a fake news story” to its reporting feature, which is currently used for spam or other “annoying” content.<\/p>\n
It is also introducing a label for “disputed” stories, which it says it will refer to third-party fact-checking organisations.<\/p>\n