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Facebook Releases Measures To Addressing Hoaxes And Fake News by todaynewsreview: 8:14pm On Dec 15, 2016 |
A few weeks ago we previewed some of the things we’re working on to address the issue of fake news and hoaxes. We’re committed to doing our part and today we’d like to share some updates we’re testing and starting to roll out. We believe in giving people a voice and that we cannot become arbiters of truth ourselves, so we’re approaching this problem carefully. We’ve focused our efforts on the worst of the worst, on the clear hoaxes spread by spammers for their own gain, and on engaging both our community and third party organizations. The work falls into the following four areas. These are just some of the first steps we’re taking to improve the experience for people on Facebook. We’ll learn from these tests, and iterate and extend them over time. Easier Reporting We’re testing several ways to make it easier to report a hoax if you see one on Facebook, which you can do by clicking the upper right hand corner of a post. We’ve relied heavily on our community for help on this issue, and this can help us detect more fake news. Flagging Stories as Disputed We believe providing more context can help people decide for themselves what to trust and what to share. We’ve started a program to work with third-party fact checking organizations that are signatories of Poynter’s International Fact Checking Code of Principles. We’ll use the reports from our community, along with other signals, to send stories to these organizations. If the fact checking organizations identify a story as fake, it will get flagged as disputed and there will be a link to the corresponding article explaining why. Stories that have been disputed may also appear lower in News Feed. It will still be possible to share these stories, but you will see a warning that the story has been disputed as you share. Once a story is flagged, it can’t be made into an ad and promoted, either. Informed Sharing We’re always looking to improve News Feed by listening to what the community is telling us. We’ve found that if reading an article makes people significantly less likely to share it, that may be a sign that a story has misled people in some way. We’re going to test incorporating this signal into ranking, specifically for articles that are outliers, where people who read the article are significantly less likely to share it. Disrupting Financial Incentives for Spammers We’ve found that a lot of fake news is financially motivated. Spammers make money by masquerading as well-known news organizations, and posting hoaxes that get people to visit to their sites, which are often mostly ads. So we’re doing several things to reduce the financial incentives. On the buying side we’ve eliminated the ability to spoof domains, which will reduce the prevalence of sites that pretend to be real publications. On the publisher side, we are analyzing publisher sites to detect where policy enforcement actions might be necessary. It’s important to us that the stories you see on Facebook are authentic and meaningful. We’re excited about this progress, but we know there’s more to be done. We’re going to keep working on this problem for as long as it takes to get it right. More here: http://www.todaynewsreview.com/p/2535/press-release-facebook-releases-measures-to-addressing-hoaxe ...
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Re: Facebook Releases Measures To Addressing Hoaxes And Fake News by todaynewsreview: 8:14pm On Dec 15, 2016 |
Cc: lalasticlala More here: http://www.todaynewsreview.com/p/2535/press-release-facebook-releases-measures-to-addressing-hoaxe ... |
Re: Facebook Releases Measures To Addressing Hoaxes And Fake News by feodan: 8:21pm On Dec 15, 2016 |
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Re: Facebook Releases Measures To Addressing Hoaxes And Fake News by eezeribe(m): 9:25pm On Dec 15, 2016 |
OK |
Re: Facebook Releases Measures To Addressing Hoaxes And Fake News by Cheap: 9:50pm On Dec 15, 2016 |
Amaka the fake news blogger, you don hear? ![]() Ose o jee O.P. DJ Lalasticalala let them know!!! |
Re: Facebook Releases Measures To Addressing Hoaxes And Fake News by veekid(m): 6:19am On Dec 16, 2016 |
okay; I don't give a fūck about that 3 Likes
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Re: Facebook Releases Measures To Addressing Hoaxes And Fake News by Neimar: 6:20am On Dec 16, 2016 |
o |
Re: Facebook Releases Measures To Addressing Hoaxes And Fake News by Chuukwudi(m): 6:22am On Dec 16, 2016 |
Ok |
Re: Facebook Releases Measures To Addressing Hoaxes And Fake News by osborn442(m): 6:23am On Dec 16, 2016 |
That's a commendable development at least, it would curb the spate at which those hungry bloggers disseminate false information 2 Likes |
Re: Facebook Releases Measures To Addressing Hoaxes And Fake News by fratermathy(m): 6:24am On Dec 16, 2016 |
Welcome development! Too many fake news these days. 1 Like
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Re: Facebook Releases Measures To Addressing Hoaxes And Fake News by Nobody: 6:26am On Dec 16, 2016 |
Good development. But how does this revive our economy? |
Re: Facebook Releases Measures To Addressing Hoaxes And Fake News by jimfarayola(m): 6:34am On Dec 16, 2016 |
Better development |
Re: Facebook Releases Measures To Addressing Hoaxes And Fake News by Boss13: 6:40am On Dec 16, 2016 |
Nairaland should also implement same 1 Like |
Re: Facebook Releases Measures To Addressing Hoaxes And Fake News by Dcomrade(m): 6:42am On Dec 16, 2016 |
Democrats pressured him to do this after they lost to Trump ![]() It's a nice development though and would have been very useful during APC as opposition era ![]() 2 Likes |
Re: Facebook Releases Measures To Addressing Hoaxes And Fake News by Exponental(m): 6:55am On Dec 16, 2016 |
OK |
Re: Facebook Releases Measures To Addressing Hoaxes And Fake News by superstar1(m): 7:05am On Dec 16, 2016 |
Bad news for professional wailers, Ipods and Pay-Per-Post PPP merchants. Zuckerberg don nack you akpako!!!! 1 Like |
Re: Facebook Releases Measures To Addressing Hoaxes And Fake News by Netcontactsng1(m): 7:06am On Dec 16, 2016 |
NAIRALAND, SEUN AND HIS MODS NEEDS THIS MORE... 1 Like |
Re: Facebook Releases Measures To Addressing Hoaxes And Fake News by GMBuhari: 7:06am On Dec 16, 2016 |
Facebook always thinking of it's users 1 Like |
Re: Facebook Releases Measures To Addressing Hoaxes And Fake News by hamzia(m): 7:26am On Dec 16, 2016 |
Better enough of dis fake new |
Re: Facebook Releases Measures To Addressing Hoaxes And Fake News by wandeay: 7:56am On Dec 16, 2016 |
Anticipating |
Re: Facebook Releases Measures To Addressing Hoaxes And Fake News by davidif: 8:27am On Dec 16, 2016 |
Dcomrade: One of my Christmas wishes is for Nigerians to stop using the phrase "welcome development" |
Re: Facebook Releases Measures To Addressing Hoaxes And Fake News by MrJorge(m): 8:50am On Dec 16, 2016 |
Better. Too many fake news on Facebook. |
Re: Facebook Releases Measures To Addressing Hoaxes And Fake News by Ajusshi: 8:57am On Dec 16, 2016 |
Not now that i want to join in paying APC back in their own coin. |
Re: Facebook Releases Measures To Addressing Hoaxes And Fake News by abumeinben(m): 9:50am On Dec 16, 2016 |
A very dull approach. Any story can be flagged fake |
Re: Facebook Releases Measures To Addressing Hoaxes And Fake News by Dcomrade(m): 9:51am On Dec 16, 2016 |
davidif:Why? ![]() 1 Like |
Re: Facebook Releases Measures To Addressing Hoaxes And Fake News by cyber5(m): 2:11pm On Dec 16, 2016 |
Oh good; I just read that Funke Akindele was involved in a ghastly motor accident. I don tire of those people 1 Like |
Re: Facebook Releases Measures To Addressing Hoaxes And Fake News by Bigajeff(m): 4:02pm On Dec 16, 2016 |
Not bad |
Re: Facebook Releases Measures To Addressing Hoaxes And Fake News by davidif: 8:45pm On Dec 16, 2016 |
Dcomrade: It's so overused and as a result has become annoying. |
Re: Facebook Releases Measures To Addressing Hoaxes And Fake News by Dcomrade(m): 9:10pm On Dec 16, 2016 |
davidif: ![]() |
Re: Facebook Releases Measures To Addressing Hoaxes And Fake News by 0xtr136r: 3:19pm On Dec 17, 2016 |
[s] superstar1:[/s] Look at them confused pay-per-post hypocrites miserably earning a living on Igbos quest for nationhood... Shameless IPOOs... |
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