Facing criticism that it spreads extremism and misinformation, Facebook is taking new steps to respond. It’ll more closely monitor groups that unfold fake info and limit links that are more prominent on Facebook than across the net. It’s additionally adding more professional fact checkers from outside the corporate.
Facebook says it’s rolling out a large range of updates aimed toward combating the unfolding of false and harmful data on the social media website. The updates will limit the visibility of links found to be significantly more prominent on Facebook than across the net as a full. Facebook is calling this a “click-gap” signal.
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