Facebook Countermeasures

We may soon need to update our response in regards to the measures that Facebook is taking in response to the fake news being broadcast from their user account bases. There were several fake news postings from various accounts especially in the political context as elections drew near. Now Facebook seems to finally be getting its act together and is streamlining the process to help its users spot and report fake news that is being spread.

Fox News outlines the basics of who Facebook is partnering with on the massive undertaking:

http://www.foxnews.com/tech/2017/04/07/facebook-wants-to-help-spot-fake-news.html

While The Huffington Post outlines in more details exactly how Facebook intends to implement these changes to their iconic website:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/facebook-zuckerberg-fake-news_us_5830b25de4b058ce7aab7f9f