In 2018, Mark Zuckerberg is committing himself to something bigger, bolder, and perhaps unachievable; Fixing Facebook.
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As Germany begins to enforce its recently-passed hate speech law, Facebook and other social networks will be facing hefty fines if they are not able to comply.
In its fight against fake news, Facebook has announced it is replacing Disputed Flags with Related Articles instead, favouring context to labelling.
Facebook's fight against fake news takes another turn with the launch of Trust Indicators - a feature that tells readers more information about a publisher.Early last month, Facebook began testing a new "more info" button …
Facebook is waging war on fake news. It's been relentless in its effort to take down and news sources that are compromising truth for sensationalism. So far, Facebook has been pursuing a lot of different but …
It has become clear that forces intent on tampering with elections around the world, are using Facebook to do so. The company is therefore on high alert, to safeguard that the issues witnessed during the …
Facebook has deployed a full on strategy to take down fake news at any cost. The social network is even willing to take a hit to its ad revenue to combat the threat.It was announced …
After redesigning its Trending News section earlier this year, Facebook has now made the section available on mobile. In its fight to crush fake news, Facebook hasn't only carried out algorithm changes or fine-tuned its …
A sure-shot sign that a story you see on your News Feed is fake, could be the lack of other sources to support it. This is why Facebook started showing you Related Articles back in April.The …
We're living in the era of apps and services described as "X for Y", like "Uber for food". Some of them are bad, some of them are good, but few of them are actually helpful. …
From one American to another: 'Happy birthday America!' We certainly have been through a lot. But don't worry. We aren't here to talk politics. We know better! Instead we're here to reflect on the bigger picture... …
With Facebook's battle against clickbait in full swing, almost a week doesn't pass without a new News Feed update that targets fake news and clickbait. With a recent update, the platform can recognise and fight …
Facebook recently announced several changes to its News Feed algorithm focusing on "improving the integrity of information" you can find on the platform. So, to make sure that Page admins know how to keep reaching …
You read that title right: Facebook has to protect elections. Not from nefarious hackers and other unsavoury types. From itself. From its own algorithm. From the freedom it's given people to connect with each other. Don't …
Facebook may have found the solution to its fake news problem: additional articles with alternative perspectives will automatically populate your feed when reading a news story.With this update, Facebook will actually achieve two things: 1. fight …
Facebook is going on a crusade against fake accounts, and has been doing a lot to purge its platform from them, and spam in general. It even shut down a massive spam operation recently, after …
"Fake news" is the red hot topic for 2017, and Facebook is making sure it's controlling the narrative, with new features and updates on its product.In its most recent attempt to tackle the issue, Facebook is …
Welcome to the latest edition of this week's top social media trends! Facebook has launched yet another Snapchat copycat, a dislike button for Messenger and its solution to "fake" news. After Instagram and WhatsApp, Facebook has …