Facebook has announced the launch in the coming weeks of a fake news awareness campaign . The social network thus responds to its detractors who believe that the platform lets false information spread, without having sufficient control over it. The purpose of this program is therefore to help users more easily spot a wrong statement.
It has been developed in collaboration with fact-checking specialists and will be deployed in certain countries in Europe, Africa and the Middle East, the company said on its blog. This approach complements measures previously taken by the giant to fight against disinformation, in particular concerning the coronavirus. The social network cites, for example, its efforts to delete accounts and publications that do not respect the rules. He now wants to "educate and inform people on how to detect possible infox".
What questions to ask
A series of advertisements entitled "Three questions to help eradicate fake news " has been put in place. The communications campaign encourages users to take a critical look at the posts they read. "Where does the information come from?" ", " What is missing ? "And" What is my feeling? "Must ask Internet users. Facebook also advises "not to share if you are not sure" of the veracity of information.
"New things like these allow us to make sure that people have the context to make informed decisions about what they send to others on Facebook," says the company. Here, she is referring to another anti-info measure recently implemented: an alert sent to users in the event of sharing of content older than three months.
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