Facebook starts fact-checking partnership with Reuters
US intelligence agencies said that social media platforms were used in a Russian cyber-influence campaign
Facebook spokesperson says the company was proactively removing 65% of hate speech before it was reported globally. PHOTO: REUTERS
Facebook said on Wednesday it has reached an agreement with news agency Reuters, a unit of Thomson Reuters Corp to fact-check content posted on the social media platform and its photo-sharing app Instagram.
Under pressure to remove fake news on its platform ahead of the U presidential elections, Facebook started a US pilot program in December to detect misinformation faster.
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The move came after US intelligence agencies said that social media platforms were used in a Russian cyber-influence campaign aimed at interfering in the 2016 US election – a claim Moscow has denied.
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A newly created unit at Reuters will fact-check user-generated photos, videos, headlines and other content for Facebook’s US audience in both English and Spanish, the news agency said in a statement. Financial terms were not disclosed.
Facebook works with seven other fact-checking partners in the United States, including Associated Press and Agence France-Presse.
Under pressure to remove fake news on its platform ahead of the U presidential elections, Facebook started a US pilot program in December to detect misinformation faster.
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The move came after US intelligence agencies said that social media platforms were used in a Russian cyber-influence campaign aimed at interfering in the 2016 US election – a claim Moscow has denied.
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A newly created unit at Reuters will fact-check user-generated photos, videos, headlines and other content for Facebook’s US audience in both English and Spanish, the news agency said in a statement. Financial terms were not disclosed.
Facebook works with seven other fact-checking partners in the United States, including Associated Press and Agence France-Presse.