It should be easier to notify that a message is fake, in addition to that Facebook will engage outside faktasjekkere. Fake messages will be marked so that it comes up a warning if you want to share it with other users.
– We believe that to give people a voice, and that we are not on your own can act as the keeper, so we will deal with this issue in a careful way, writes Facebook in a press release Thursday.
the Company writes further that efforts should be directed toward “the worst of the worst, on a clear svindelhistorier that is being spread by spammers for their own profit’s sake”.
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If a number of users are alerts that a news is false, will Facebook send the story on to the faktasjekkere. If they find out that it is false, it will be labeled as “controversial”, and there will be a link that explains why.
They disputed the stories will not be removed immediately, but possibly they will end up at the bottom of the user’s news feed. At the same time it will not be possible for companies or individuals to pay for that these stories get extra space in the stream.
the Problem with news articles without root in reality received a lot of attention in the aftermath of the presidential election in the united STATES in the fall. In the course of the election campaign was a long series of such articles a great deal of attention in social media, and critics believe the false news may have affected the outcome of the election.
- Beware of sensational headlines
Fabricated news contains sacrifice great use of versaler, exclamation mark and sensational headlines. - Lack of substance
You should always read the entire article. Lack of substance is a feature of the fake news articles. – There is often a characteristics, but at the same time you can say that it also is a feature of some regular news articles which are not fabricated, ” he says. - Use Google
Check if other news outlets have discussed the matter. Do a little Google search to see if there are other major news sources that reported the same issue. It is not, then it is probably not a true story. - Use the professional auditors
A good advice is to check if the current article has been examined by a professional faktasjekkere. Examples of such web services is Factcheck.org, Snopes.com and Viralgranskaren. - Check domain
Many websites are not what they purport to be. Therefore, you should check the url of the website that actually has published the news. The Next Web shows, among other things, to ABCnews.com.co that attempts to exploit the authority of the american ABC News, but that in reality is something completely different.
(©NTB/TV 2)
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