Facebook Will Fact-Check Its News Feed and Shame Fake Posts With 'Disputed' Tag
Summary:
In line with the many previous articles which have been produced as a result of Facebook's lack of fact-checking of false news stories being posted via their site, this article discusses the backlash that has occurred as a result which is being seen as Facebook trying to counteract their previous mistakes by publicly blasting any posts."The most important thing is to give users the information at the time they are deciding whether to click, whether to share," Mr. Jarvis said.
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My opinion:
I think that this is an interesting approach towards combating this issue as they will be allowing users to be aware of falsified data. The fact that they are using multiple fact-checking organisations for this project is also good as it means that they are both willing to put in the finances as well as attempting to make this process the most effective it could be. The comment made by Mr Jarvis is also very interesting and I agree that this is the right way to go about things as it does allow readers to make an informed decision about what they want to read. However, I will admit that the fact that these posts will be "flagged" could generate even more publicity since the nature of the post would be fake and therefore readers may still be intrigued on what other fake news people are creating, which could cause even more of an issue.
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