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Facebook partners with fact checker to combat hoaxes

Gisela Swaragita (The Jakarta Post)
Jakarta
Mon, April 2, 2018

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Facebook partners with fact checker to combat hoaxes A 3D-printed Facebook like button. (Reuters/Dado Ruvic)

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ocial media giant Facebook has redoubled its efforts to combat hoaxes by partnering with a third party fact checker to verify news content shared on its platform.

“We always try to improve the quality and accuracy of information spread through Facebook, especially this election year,” said Alice Budisatrijo, the news partnership lead of Facebook Indonesia, at a media briefing in the Equity Tower, Sudirman Central Business District, South Jakarta, on Monday.

Alice added that it was now partnering with Tirto.id, an Indonesian news organization that had been certified by the International Fact-Checking Network, to be its third party checker.

“In the near future, we are going to partner with more news organizations. They are now in the assessment process to receive certification,” she said.

Alice said Facebook had undertaken similar partnerships in the United States, France, Germany and the Netherland.

“The Indonesian initiative is the first in Asia Pacific.”

She added that Facebook would submit a content list to the fact checker who would then follow it up by conducting a series of comprehensive researches to verify it.

The verified content will be based on user reports and trending algorithms.

“If the content is proven to be false or even fake, we will decrease its distribution on the platform.”

Alice added that users, who wanted to share the problematic content, would also be notified.

Users, who shared the content before it had been checked, would also be notified that they had shared potentially fake news, she said. (swd)

 

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