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12-12-2017, 09:37 AM
Facebook doesn't scan Messenger for fake news. But it definitely should
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Facebook has been cracking down on fake news, but it's been missing one very important place of conversation.
Messenger (http://mashable.com/category/facebook-messenger/), the standalone app for Facebook's private messaging feature, is not being included in the company's fact-checking program.*
SEE ALSO: Facebook Messenger just made sharing photos way better (http://mashable.com/2017/11/21/facebook-messenger-4k-photos/)
In March, Facebook recruited a team of third-party fact-checkers (http://mashable.com/2017/03/04/facebook-fake-news-rollout/?utm_campaign&utm_context=textlink&utm_medium=rss&utm_source) to flag fake news articles that were being shared on its network. It was part of an increased effort to limit the reach of misinformation on the site in wake of Russian interference (http://mashable.com/2017/09/08/facebook-elect-trump-russia-election/) in the 2016 presidential election.*
Fake news articles now receive a disputed tag (http://mashable.com/2017/03/04/facebook-fake-news-rollout/) when they are posted to the Facebook News Feed. But that's not the case if a user sends the same article to an individual or group through Messenger.* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/12/11/facebook-messenger-disputed-tag-fake-news-tool/)
More about Facebook (http://mashable.com/category/facebook/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Mark Zuckerberg (http://mashable.com/category/mark-zuckerberg/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Breitbart (http://mashable.com/category/breitbart/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Messenger (http://mashable.com/category/messenger/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), and Fake News (http://mashable.com/category/fake-news/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial) https://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/ad?iu=/6692/mash.to/rss&pos=atf&tag=ad&mtype=standard&type=rss&sz=300x250&c=1513040897 (https://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/jump?iu=/6692/mash.to/rss&pos=atf&tag=ad&mtype=standard&type=rss&sz=300x250&c=1513040897)
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Facebook has been cracking down on fake news, but it's been missing one very important place of conversation.
Messenger (http://mashable.com/category/facebook-messenger/), the standalone app for Facebook's private messaging feature, is not being included in the company's fact-checking program.*
SEE ALSO: Facebook Messenger just made sharing photos way better (http://mashable.com/2017/11/21/facebook-messenger-4k-photos/)
In March, Facebook recruited a team of third-party fact-checkers (http://mashable.com/2017/03/04/facebook-fake-news-rollout/?utm_campaign&utm_context=textlink&utm_medium=rss&utm_source) to flag fake news articles that were being shared on its network. It was part of an increased effort to limit the reach of misinformation on the site in wake of Russian interference (http://mashable.com/2017/09/08/facebook-elect-trump-russia-election/) in the 2016 presidential election.*
Fake news articles now receive a disputed tag (http://mashable.com/2017/03/04/facebook-fake-news-rollout/) when they are posted to the Facebook News Feed. But that's not the case if a user sends the same article to an individual or group through Messenger.* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/12/11/facebook-messenger-disputed-tag-fake-news-tool/)
More about Facebook (http://mashable.com/category/facebook/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Mark Zuckerberg (http://mashable.com/category/mark-zuckerberg/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Breitbart (http://mashable.com/category/breitbart/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Messenger (http://mashable.com/category/messenger/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), and Fake News (http://mashable.com/category/fake-news/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial) https://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/ad?iu=/6692/mash.to/rss&pos=atf&tag=ad&mtype=standard&type=rss&sz=300x250&c=1513040897 (https://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/jump?iu=/6692/mash.to/rss&pos=atf&tag=ad&mtype=standard&type=rss&sz=300x250&c=1513040897)
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