Clamping down on viral fake news, Facebook partners with sites like Snopes and adds new user reporting

After weeks of criticism over its role in spreading fake news during and after the 2016 presidential election, Facebook announced Thursday that it’s taking some concrete steps to halt the sharing of hoaxes on its platform. We’ve focused our efforts on the worst of the worst, on the clear hoaxes spread by spammers for their … Continue reading Clamping down on viral fake news, Facebook partners with sites like Snopes and adds new user reporting