PHOTO | FILEFacebook has started educating Kenyans online on how to spot fake news. 7 MILLION FACEBOOK USERS IN KENYAThe tool will be shown to the seven million people who use Facebook on a monthly basis in Kenya. Ebele Okobi, Director of Policy for Facebook Africa, said, “We take fighting fake news issues seriously, because people want to see accurate information on Facebook. “We detailed efforts (to combat fake news) in a comprehensive blog post in April. They include reducing financial incentives for bad actors, taking action against fake accounts, applying machine learning to help limit spam and reducing the posts people see that link to low-quality web pages,” wrote Facebook.

Source: Daily Nation August 01, 2017 16:52 UTC