Facebook v Fake: how the network plans to stop misinformation

'Facebook still wants to be a place where people with all kinds of opinions can express themselves', Mosseri says. 'And Facebook has no interest in being the arbiter of what's true and what isn't for its billion users. Yet, we have a responsibility to reduce the spread of fake news on our platform'.

Facebook encourages all its audience to be a part of this war against fake news. One way to let the administration know about this type of content is to click on the relevant option in the upper right corner of a post. The network also plans to involve moderators from partnering companies who will mark all questionable information using special signs (red triangles or exclamation marks). Tapping at these signs will show the full explanation why the info in a post is far from true to fact.

The countermeasures against fake spreaders will also become more severe. Most users are actually unlikely to share some dubious facts, and this can help Facebook administration to detect those who post unverified information, especially for advertising.

Facebook was launched on February 4, 2004, and has become one of the widest used networks worldwide. Mark Zuckerberg, one of the co-founders, currently serves as the company's chairman and CEO. The average monthly audience is around 1,71 billion users.