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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.

May 23, 2018November 11, 2019

Facebook

The Three-Part Recipe for Cleaning up Your News Feed

When we detect harmful or misleading content in News Feed, there are three types of actions we take: remove it, reduce its spread or inform people with additional context.

May 22, 2018November 11, 2019

Meta

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.

May 22, 2018June 22, 2020

Meta

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.

May 15, 2018November 11, 2019

Meta

Russian Ads Released by Congress

Here is a list of the 10 most important changes we have made since the 2016 elections.

May 10, 2018November 7, 2019

Facebook

Machine Learning, Fact-Checkers and the Fight Against False News

News Feed’s director of analytics walks through some of Facebook’s work around false news and provides an update on how the company is doing.

April 8, 2018November 11, 2019

Facebook

Helping People Better Assess the Stories They See in News Feed with the Context Button

We’re rolling out a feature to give people more information about the publishers and articles they see in News Feed so they can decide for themselves what to read, trust and share.

April 3, 2018November 28, 2019

Meta

What is Facebook Doing to Protect Election Security?

We want to provide regular updates on what we’re doing and the progress we’re making.

March 29, 2018November 11, 2019

Facebook

Helping Ensure News on Facebook Is From Trusted Sources

Today we’re sharing the second major update we’re making this year: to make sure the news people see, while less overall, is high quality.

January 19, 2018November 7, 2019

Facebook

Replacing Disputed Flags With Related Articles

We’re announcing two changes which we believe will help in our fight against false news: Replacing Disputed Flags with Related Articles, and a new initiative to better understand how people decide whether information is accurate or not.

December 20, 2017November 7, 2019

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Facing Facts

The Three-Part Recipe for Cleaning up Your News Feed

PBS Wraps 4-Part Series on ‘Junk News,’ Featuring Facebook’s Misinformation Team

An In-Depth Update on False News, From the Product Manager Tackling It

Russian Ads Released by Congress

Machine Learning, Fact-Checkers and the Fight Against False News

Helping People Better Assess the Stories They See in News Feed with the Context Button

What is Facebook Doing to Protect Election Security?

Helping Ensure News on Facebook Is From Trusted Sources

Replacing Disputed Flags With Related Articles

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