Facebook rolls out fact-checking operation in UK
by Alex Hern from Technology | The Guardian on (#46RPK)
Social network brings in independent charity in attempt to tackle misinformation
Facebook's fact-checking operation is launching in the UK, with the independent charity Full Fact selected to be the first British publisher to review and rate the accuracy of content on the social network.
Posts, links and videos that have been flagged as false will be marked as such to users, and people will be warned if a post they are about to share has been found to be false, but no one will be stopped from sharing or reading any content, false or not.
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