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Facebook Fighting Fake News With a New Warning Label

March 7, 2017 by DC Editors Leave a Comment

The Silicon Valley tech firm has started rolling out a new warning label for news stories that are disputed

SAN JOSE, Calif. — Don’t believe everything you read on Facebook. The Silicon Valley tech firm has started rolling out a new warning label for news stories that are “disputed” by a third-party fact checker, such as Snopes and PolitiFact. These fact-checking organizations are part of Poynter’s International Fact-Checking Network. Facebook users can flag a fake…

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