Facebook to begin flagging fake news in response to mounting criticism

Disputed articles will be marked with the help of users and outside fact checkers amid widespread criticism that fake news influenced the US election

Facebook will begin flagging fake news stories with the help of users and outside fact checkers, the company announced on Thursday, responding to a torrent of criticism over fake news during the US election.

Readers will be able to alert Facebook to possible fake news stories, which the social media behemoth will then send to outside fact-checking organizations to verify.