After the deluge of fake news that began to appear on Facebook, the company began to implement preventive measures. The platform uses intermediary services, such as Snopes, which check it content and use their expertise to combat the spread of misinformation.
"They basically used us when they had the crisis," said Brooke Binkowski, former director of Snopes, a fact-checking website that works with Facebook on two recent years.
"They do not take anything seriously. "They are more interested in looking good in order to keep making money. It is clear that they do not care." Reported in the Guardian. Of course, the largest social network, refused claims.
Brooke Binkowski said that at least once, Facebook encouraged auditors to give priority in removing information that harms their advertisers.
Facebook began collaborating with news agencies after the presidential election of 2016, an election that made the term fake news part of the world's vocabulary.
To combat the new fashion, Facebook has partnered with more than 40 news organizations, such as Associated Press, Politifact but also special fake news detection pages such as Snopes.
But despite this, Facebook continues to be flooded with fake news, causing backlash. Many cite the slow, and sometimes non-existent response of the platform. Others believe that the company is simply ignoring the problem, seeking to manage it better how the public sees them, rather than trying to combat misinformation.
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