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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.*

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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.*

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...