Facebook Offers Tips to Help You Spot Fake News

Facebook is continuing its fight back against fake news. While Facebook doesn’t produce fake news, it’s at least partly responsible for its dissemination. When you see a story on Facebook it’s very easy to take it at face value rather than investigate further. And that’s not good. Facebook started its crackdown on fake news in December 2016. This began with simply asking users to flag news stories as fake, beginning in the U.S. before spreading to Germany. And now Facebook is ramping up its efforts with a list of 10 tips designed to help you spot fake news. Facebook’s “tips…

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