What’s Facebook’s Strategy for Stopping False News?
Our strategy to stop misinformation on Facebook has three parts: remove, reduce, inform.
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Facing Facts
Facebook’s role in spreading misinformation has come under scrutiny. What has the company done about the problem, and how is the fight going? A behind-the-scenes look at Facebook’s fight against false news.
PBS Wraps 4-Part Series on ‘Junk News,’ Featuring Facebook’s Misinformation Team
NewsHour interviews critics, academics, people who spread false news and those who consume it.
Helping Buffalo Small Business Grow With ‘Ignite Buffalo’ Grant Program
Ignite Buffalo is a mentorship, sustainability and capital infusion program led by 43North, in partnership with national and local organizations, to help equip the city’s small businesses to “ignite growth” and succeed in the digital economy.
Announcing New Election Partnership With the Atlantic Council
The Atlantic Council will help Facebook identify emerging threats and disinformation campaigns around the world.
An In-Depth Update on False News, From the Product Manager Tackling It
Once a hoax article is rated false by fact-checkers, we can reduce future views by 80%. A talk from F8 2018.
Complicated Problems Need Coordinated Teams
For the first time publicly, an introduction to how Facebook anticipates and prevents abuse at scale. A talk from F8 2018.
Facebook Publishes Enforcement Numbers for the First Time
We’re releasing a Community Standards Enforcement Report so that you can judge our performance for yourself.
How Do We Measure Our Efforts to Keep Bad Content off Facebook?
We built Facebook to be a place where people can openly discuss different ideas, even ideas that some people may find controversial or offensive. But we also want to make sure our service is safe for everyone. Sometimes that is a hard balance to strike.
Reinforcing Our Commitment to Transparency
We’re frequently asked about the nature and extent of the government requests we receive for user data, and how we make decisions about what content stays up or what comes down on Facebook.