LOS ANGELES: Facebook is hoping to cut the spread of misinfromation on its platform by prompting users to read a news story before they share it on the massive social platform. Starting May 10, Facebook said, it is testing “a way to promote more informed sharing of news articles. The move comes after Twitter made a similar change ahead of the 2020 US president election, asking users whether they wanted to read an article before they retweeted it. Twitter said it found the total number of people opening articles before retweeting them increased by 33% because of the prompt. Then President Trump gave a speech... calling on people to fight.

Source: The Star May 11, 2021 06:00 UTC