MANILA, Philippines — Social media company Facebook has bared new initiatives to strengthen its efforts against misinformation, but stopped short of revising its policy against removing so-called fake news. “Over the last two years, we’ve focused heavily on reducing misinformation on Facebook. We’re getting better at enforcing against fake accounts and coordinated inauthentic behavior; we’re using both technology and people to fight the rise in photo and video-based misinformation,” it added. But in response to global clamor to address fake news, it has tapped third-party fact checkers to assess flagged content. While Facebook does not take down false content, the company has suspended some accounts that share them for violation of other policies, such as coordinated inauthentic behavior and the use of fake accounts.

Source: Philippine Star April 16, 2019 16:21 UTC