Since the beginning of the COVID-19 emergency, Facebook is committed to vehicular
to official sources for information on the pandemic and related
countermeasures to limit their spread. In
communique it also talks about how almost all users, in addition to
350 million profiles on Instagram, have been enticed to learn
more on the subject by providing direct links to
WHO website.
There has always been a great pitfall that must be fought in all areas
possible ways: le fake news. Although in our opinion Facebook has
done a little too little about it (although it is easier said than done,
since the accusation of censorship is always lurking), it seems that a change of gear,
at least on the COVID-19 topic, has been done, with improvements in sight
in the next weeks.
Let's not forget that Facebook, being the most popular social network in the
world, it could be more active in some countries than others,
at least initially, so some patience must be taken into account first
to see in practice, in Italy, things that are declared but we do not
we still observe. An important note, for example, concerns the success of thebill posting
of an alert mark on news with a strong fake smell: 95% of
users, seeing it, do not click to go to see the original source.
Not only that: the identification of potential false news obtained thanks
the collaboration with well-known fact-checker sites, about sixty, in about 50
languages. You can find the list
here, for Italy mentioned
Political report card.
Great importance is also given to user reporting, reason
so we would like to remind you to always report news clearly
false through the special function. It serves, and if it is needed.
How you do it? Go to the three dots next to the post, click on "Find
assistance or report post "and click on" fake news "
of steps towards a limitation of fake news. Our wish that this
commitment can also be extended to other topics, not just COVID-19. Better little
that nothing, however, hoping for more attention in the future and in one
large participation by users in the reporting work.
