Mark Zuckerberg Announces Facebook's Plan to Attack Fake News Will fact checkers and danger signs extinguish the spread of false information?

By Dan Bova

Facebook

Facebook today announced the steps it will take to remedy the spread of viral fake news that has infected the billion-plus user network. A group of bipartisan fact-checkers, collectively called the Poynter International Fact-Checking Network, will be tasked with keeping the world's news feed full of facts instead of hoaxes.

Here's how the system will work, as described in a report by Nancy Scola at Politico:

Under the new system, when Facebook users attempt to post a story that Poynter-affiliated fact checkers have rebutted, they'll get a pop-up saying, "Before you share this story, you might want to know that independent fact-checkers disputed its accuracy." If the user opts to go ahead, the post will still appear on their friends' News Feeds, but it will be tagged with red danger-style signal indicating its veracity is in dispute -- with a link to a fact checker's debunking.

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Mark Zuckerberg explained his stance on the fake news problem in a post on Thursday:

Should Facebook be monitoring and laying judgment on the news that you put into your feed? Do you think this system will work? Let us know what you think on our Facebook page (naturally).

Dan Bova

Entrepreneur Staff

VP of Special Projects

Dan Bova is the VP of Special Projects at Entrepreneur.com. He previously worked at Jimmy Kimmel Live, Maxim, and Spy magazine. His latest books for kids include This Day in History, Car and Driver's Trivia ZoneRoad & Track Crew's Big & Fast Cars, The Big Little Book of Awesome Stuff, and Wendell the Werewolf

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