With the new system, the Financial Times writes, in the coming weeks German users of the network will be able to report a story as "fake". People will be able to share it on Facebook nonetheless, but they will receive a warning. In Germany politicians are worried that fake rumors concerning migrants and refugees might spur the rise of populists parties, stirring the hate against foreigners. The German government warned last week of an "unprecedented spread of fake news online". In an interview with the Guardian, Steffen Seibert, a government spokesman, said the authorities were dealing with a phenomenon of a dimension "not seen before" in Germany.

Source: Forbes January 16, 2017 10:33 UTC