Facebook Fake News

Facebook civil rights audit: 'Serious setbacks' mar progress on hate speech

Facebook hired the audit's leader, former American Civil Liberties Union executive Laura Murphy, in May 2018 to assess its performance on vital social issues.

Facebook exempts political speech from fact-checking ahead of 2020 US polls

Worries have run high ahead of the November 2020 polls following revelations of a wide-ranging misinformation campaign on Facebook and other social platforms in the 2016 elections

Fake news an existential threat, company taking steps to combat it: FB

It emerged during the conference that none of the major social media companies has any board-level positions dedicated to tackling fake news

US midterm elections: Facebook' s fake news problem is bigger than hoaxes

Experts question whether new techniques are being missed

Fake news: Soldiers cleaning up Facebook's mess are feeling overrun

While Rappler's fact checkers work closely with Facebook to investigate and report their findings, they believe the company could do much more

Facebook blocking bogus accounts, monitoring abuse to combat fake news

The social media giant has done some work in the first half of this year to combat fake news all around the world

Facebook, Twitter to face sanctions if they don't help in fake news inquiry

The social media giants have time until January 18 to hand over information the committee has requested

Facebook discards controversial fake news warning flags

Instead, the social media giant will use its Related Articles tool to fight misinformation in its News Feed

Facebook stumbles with early effort to stamp out fake news

The flaws highlight a fundamental question that will be asked this week when internet companies testify in front of Congressional committees