Facebook to take action against users sharing misinformation
Facebook Update: The social media giant Facebook announced that it will take stern action against the users repeatedly sharing misinformation that fact-checkers have debunked.
As of now, the users get notified when they share content rated by a fact-checker. As per Facebook, now these notifications are being redesigned and simplified for easy understanding.
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The company stated that it has been launching new ways to inform people if they’re interacting with content that has been rated by a fact-checker.
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It also stated that it will take stronger action against people who repeatedly share misinformation on Facebook. Whether it’s false or misleading information about COVID-19 and vaccines, climate change, elections, or other topics, the tech giant is ensuring that fewer people see misinformation on its apps.
Also, Facebook will reduce the distribution in the News Feed of posts from individual users who have been repeatedly sharing false content.
Likewise, Facebook has been launching a new tool to allow its users to know if they are interacting with content that has been rated by a fact-checker.
Furthermore, Facebook will now allow users on its platform as well as those on Instagram to hide their public ‘like’ counts. The company is trying to give people control over their experience. The users will be able to hide ‘like’ counts by visiting the new posts section in settings. However, there has been no information on this update of Facebook.
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