Facebook set to fact-check posts and photographs uploaded on its platform from Nigeria and Nine other contries.
Facebook has expressed readiness to not only fact-check posts and
photographs uploaded on its platform from Nigeria and nine other
sub-Saharan African countries, it will also notify users who may try to
share posts deemed to be false.
Facebook disclosed this in a statement distributed on its behalf by APO
Group on Tuesday; noting that feedback from the Facebook community is
one of the many signals the social media outfit uses to raise
potentially false stories to fact-checkers for review.
A statement distributed by APO Group on behalf of Facebook, states,
“Joining third-party fact-checking programmes in Kenya, Nigeria, South
Africa, Cameroon and Senegal, Facebook today announced the expansion of
its Third-Party Fact-Checking programme to 10 additional African
countries.
“In partnership with Agence France-Presse, the France 24 Observers, Pesa
Check and Dubawa, this programme forms part of its work in helping
assess the accuracy and quality of news people find on Facebook, while
reducing the spread of misinformation on its platform.”
The social media outfit will work with a network of fact-checking
organisations certified by the non-partisan International Fact-Checking
Network.
Consequently, third-party fact-checking will now be available in
Ethiopia, Zambia, Somalia and Burkina Faso through AFP; Uganda and
Tanzania through both Pesa Check and AFP; Democratic Republic of Congo
and Cote d’Ivoire through the France 24 Observers and AFP’ Guinea
Conakry through the France 24 Observers, and Ghana through Dubawa, it
added.
It warned that feedback from its community of users is one of the many
signals Facebook uses to raise potentially false stories to
fact-checkers for review.
“Local articles will be fact-checked alongside the verification of
photos and videos. If one of our fact-checking partners identifies a
story as false, Facebook will show it lower in News Feed, significantly
reducing its distribution,” the statement added.
Kojo Boakye, Facebook Head of Public Policy, Africa, said: “The
expansion of third-party fact-checking to now cover 15 countries in a
little over a year shows, firsthand, our commitment and dedication to
the continent, alongside our recent local language expansion as part of
this programme.
“Taking steps to help tackle false news on Facebook is a responsibility
we take seriously; we know misinformation is a problem, and these are
important steps in continuing to address this issue.
“We know that third-party fact-checking alone is not the solution, it is
one of many initiatives and programmes we are investing in to help to
improve the quality of information people see on Facebook.
“While we’ve made great progress, we will keep investing to ensure
Facebook remains a place for all ideas, but not for the spread of false
news.”
When your story is fact-checked
When third-party fact-checkers fact-check a news story, Facebook will
show these in Related Articles immediately below the story in News Feed.
“Page Admins and people on Facebook will also receive notifications if
they try to share a story or have shared one in the past that’s been
determined to be false, empowering people to decide for themselves what
to read, trust, and share,” the release stated.Facebook set to
fact-check posts from Nigeria, nine others.
Facebook has expressed readiness to not only fact-check posts and
photographs uploaded on its platform from Nigeria and nine other
sub-Saharan African countries, it will also notify users who may try to
share posts deemed to be false.
Facebook disclosed this in a statement distributed on its behalf by APO
Group on Tuesday; noting that feedback from the Facebook community is
one of the many signals the social media outfit uses to raise
potentially false stories to fact-checkers for review.
A statement distributed by APO Group on behalf of Facebook, states,
“Joining third-party fact-checking programmes in Kenya, Nigeria, South
Africa, Cameroon and Senegal, Facebook today announced the expansion of
its Third-Party Fact-Checking programme to 10 additional African
countries.
“In partnership with Agence France-Presse, the France 24 Observers, Pesa
Check and Dubawa, this programme forms part of its work in helping
assess the accuracy and quality of news people find on Facebook, while
reducing the spread of misinformation on its platform.”
The social media outfit will work with a network of fact-checking
organisations certified by the non-partisan International Fact-Checking
Network.
Consequently, third-party fact-checking will now be available in
Ethiopia, Zambia, Somalia and Burkina Faso through AFP; Uganda and
Tanzania through both Pesa Check and AFP; Democratic Republic of Congo
and Cote d’Ivoire through the France 24 Observers and AFP’ Guinea
Conakry through the France 24 Observers, and Ghana through Dubawa, it
added.
It warned that feedback from its community of users is one of the many
signals Facebook uses to raise potentially false stories to
fact-checkers for review.
“Local articles will be fact-checked alongside the verification of
photos and videos. If one of our fact-checking partners identifies a
story as false, Facebook will show it lower in News Feed, significantly
reducing its distribution,” the statement added.
Kojo Boakye, Facebook Head of Public Policy, Africa, said: “The
expansion of third-party fact-checking to now cover 15 countries in a
little over a year shows, firsthand, our commitment and dedication to
the continent, alongside our recent local language expansion as part of
this programme.
“Taking steps to help tackle false news on Facebook is a responsibility
we take seriously; we know misinformation is a problem, and these are
important steps in continuing to address this issue.
“We know that third-party fact-checking alone is not the solution, it is
one of many initiatives and programmes we are investing in to help to
improve the quality of information people see on Facebook.
“While we’ve made great progress, we will keep investing to ensure
Facebook remains a place for all ideas, but not for the spread of false
news.”
When your story is fact-checked
When third-party fact-checkers fact-check a news story, Facebook will
show these in Related Articles immediately below the story in News Feed.
“Page Admins and people on Facebook will also receive notifications if
they try to share a story or have shared one in the past that’s been
determined to be false, empowering people to decide for themselves what
to read, trust, and share,” the release stated.
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