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...