Facebook fact checkers will soon review Instagram posts
Facebook fact checkers will soon review Instagram posts
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San Francisco: In its efforts to reduce the spread of fake news, conspiracy theories, hate and misinformation on its platform, Instagram will soon start running potentially false posts past Facebook's fact-checking partners and the News Feed Integrity team.  Soon, the platform will run potentially false posts past Facebook's fact-checking partners.

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Posts that are deemed false won't be removed, but they won't appear in the Explore tab or in the hashtag result pages, either. "Our approach to misinformation is the same as Facebook's — when we find misinfo, rather than remove it, we'll reduce its distribution," a spokesperson told Poynter.

With the total global user-base of one billion, the Facebook-owned messaging app has surfaced as a major platform which is being used to circulate fake news and misinformation worldwide. This news comes within a week of Facebook and Instagram banned far-right extremists like Alex Jones for promoting or engaging in violence and hate.

This news comes less than a week after Facebook and Instagram banned far-right extremists like Alex Jones for promoting or engaging in violence and hate. While Instagram has been spared some of the content problemsFacebook has seen, it's clear the company is looking to take a stronger stance against hate and misinformation across both platforms.

"Still, some say that's not enough and want to see labels for photos that have been debunked or warnings that appear when users try to like or comment on those posts," the report said.  Details about the execution of Instagram's plan remain undisclosed as of now.

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