Facebook is testing a new feature that allows users to report false information and hoaxes online
To all members of Facebook have seen on their home articles patently false built only for clicks, as in the case of the terrible skin irritation caused by the use of a famous brand of shampoo. The social network of Menlo Park, thanks to Deep Learning can save you from embarrassing share post, decided to put a stop to the buffaloes online through a new tool to report them. Currently this feature is being tested by 700 thousand users.
Facebook declares war on false news online
Within the function “report post”, has been inserted a new words dedicated to the web hoaxes. Facebook wanted to specify that “false news” means “a deliberately false news” or “a scam disguised as a reliable source”, but there remain some doubts on the operation of the new system. It is not clear who will check the actual truth of the news and what criteria. Also, what are the sources considered reliable? And as you can prove the authenticity of the news if there is the opportunity to provide material to support this thesis?
In addition to all these questions, we must also consider the purpose of this new service. A Facebook spokesman told The Republic that “report stories that do not want to see the News Feed helps to do a better job to show the most relevant content in the future.” But many believe that this tool will serve only to better understand user trends and to realize more and more targeted advertising.
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