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12-21-2017, 11:34 PM
Facebook abandons an attempt to curb fake news. Here's why
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Facebook is throwing away "disputed flags," one of its several attempts to curb the spread of fake news across the social network.*
SEE ALSO: Facebook doesn't scan Messenger for fake news. But it definitely should (http://mashable.com/2017/12/11/facebook-messenger-disputed-tag-fake-news-tool/)
About a year ago, Facebook launched the feature, where red flag icons were put next to articles that were identified to be false by a team of independent fact-checking organizations.*
But according to Facebook's research, the effort didn't help much. Facebook's team identified four reasons that disputed flags were not an ideal strategy, as shared in a blog post on Medium (https://medium.com/facebook-design/designing-against-misinformation-e5846b3aa1e2).*
Buried critical information a.k.a. required too many clicks*
Could sometimes backfire because strong language or visuals can reinforce ideas*
Required at least two fact-checkers so was a slow process to be applied
Only worked for false ratings so stories that were partly false or unproven were not marked* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/12/21/facebook-fake-news-abandon-disputed-flag-related-articles/)
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), Fake News (http://mashable.com/category/fake-news/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Fake News Tools (http://mashable.com/category/fake-news-tools/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), and Facebook News Feed (http://mashable.com/category/facebook-news-feed/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Mashable/~4/7f8KlAX7BAU
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Facebook is throwing away "disputed flags," one of its several attempts to curb the spread of fake news across the social network.*
SEE ALSO: Facebook doesn't scan Messenger for fake news. But it definitely should (http://mashable.com/2017/12/11/facebook-messenger-disputed-tag-fake-news-tool/)
About a year ago, Facebook launched the feature, where red flag icons were put next to articles that were identified to be false by a team of independent fact-checking organizations.*
But according to Facebook's research, the effort didn't help much. Facebook's team identified four reasons that disputed flags were not an ideal strategy, as shared in a blog post on Medium (https://medium.com/facebook-design/designing-against-misinformation-e5846b3aa1e2).*
Buried critical information a.k.a. required too many clicks*
Could sometimes backfire because strong language or visuals can reinforce ideas*
Required at least two fact-checkers so was a slow process to be applied
Only worked for false ratings so stories that were partly false or unproven were not marked* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/12/21/facebook-fake-news-abandon-disputed-flag-related-articles/)
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), Fake News (http://mashable.com/category/fake-news/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Fake News Tools (http://mashable.com/category/fake-news-tools/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), and Facebook News Feed (http://mashable.com/category/facebook-news-feed/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Mashable/~4/7f8KlAX7BAU