Facebook reportedly testing new tool to combat fake news
by Alex Hern from on (#246SG)
Facebook users asked to rank whether a story 'uses misleading language', in an apparent attempt the solve the site's problem with false stories
Facebook appears to be testing a tool designed to help it identify and hide so called "fake news" on the social network, in an attempt to quell increasingly vocal criticism of its role in spreading untruths and propaganda.
The tool, reported by at least three separate Facebook users on Twitter, asks readers to rank on a scale of one to five the extent to which they think a link's title "uses misleading language". The articles in question were from reliable sources: Rolling Stone magazine, the Philadelphia Inquirer, and Chortle, a news site which reports on comedy.
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