Meet the fact-checkers trying to clean up Facebook
We're a week away from midterm elections, and it's time to talk about social media. After the 2016 elections, it became clear that a lot of divisive, misleading and flat-out false information was being shared via Facebook. A study earlier this year said Facebook was responsible for the spread of more false news than any other platform. And once the bad information was out there, fact-checking couldn't do much to reverse its impact. After the 2016 election, Facebook partnered with a handful of news organizations to combat misinformation before it spread. Two years later, that still very much feels like an uphill battle. Angie Holan, the editor at PolitiFact — one of the outlets working with Facebook — told Molly Wood that official fact-checking partners get access to a special selection of potentially false information. (10/19/18)
We’re a week away from midterm elections, and it’s time to talk about social media. After the 2016 elections, it became clear that a lot of divisive, misleading and flat-out false information was being shared via Facebook. A study earlier this year said Facebook was responsible for the spread of more false news than any other platform. And once the bad information was out there, fact-checking couldn’t do much to reverse its impact. After the 2016 election, Facebook partnered with a handful of news organizations to combat misinformation before it spread. Two years later, that still very much feels like an uphill battle. Angie Holan, the editor at PolitiFact — one of the outlets working with Facebook — told Molly Wood that official fact-checking partners get access to a special selection of potentially false information. (10/19/18)
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