Facebook is throwing away "disputed flags," one of its several attempts to curb the spread of fake news across the social network.
About a year ago, Facebook launched the feature, where red flag icons were put next to articles that were identified to be false by a team of independent fact-checking organizations.
But according to Facebook's research, the effort didn't help much. Facebook's team identified four reasons that disputed flags were not an ideal strategy, as shared in a blog post on Medium.
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Buried critical information a.k.a. required too many clicks
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Could sometimes backfire because strong language or visuals can reinforce ideas
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Required at least two fact-checkers so was a slow process to be applied
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Only worked for false ratings so stories that were partly false or unproven were not marked Read more...
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