Facebook begins 'fact-checking' photos, videos to reduce false news stories

The fact-checking began on Wednesday in France with assistance from the news organization AFP and will soon expand to more countries and partners

Facebook Inc said on Thursday it had begun “fact-checking” photos and videos to reduce the hoaxes and false news stories that have plagued the world’s largest social media network.
 
Facebook has for months faced an uproar among users whose complaints range from the spread of fake news to the use of the network to manipulate elections and the harvesting of 50 million people’s Facebook data by the political consultancy Cambridge Analytica.
 
Manipulated photos and videos are another growing problem on social media.
 
The fact-checking began on Wednesday in France with assistance from the news organization AFP and