According to Facebook, News Feed will soon be clear of false news, scams, or otherwise known to all hoaxes.
Starting today, you will be able to mark a post as a hoax or fake news and Facebook will add a small comment noting that "many people on Facebook have reported that this story contains false information."
Until today, you used the same method to mark posts as spam. Following the same process, starting today you will find a new option that will flag a post as fake. The old reports window looked like the image below:
while the new report window will look like the picture below
At this time, the new feature is not available in Greece, but will soon appear in your settings. Of course, as you have understood, Facebok will not delete the post. According to today's announcement:
We are not removing stories people report as false and we are not reviewing content and making a determination on its accuracy.
It will be quite interesting to watch the evolution of the new feature created by Facebook. We may notice new notables appear. What will scammers think of to pass their pranks since the automated system of Facebook it has no human crisis.
What happens when some people disagree with a post and describe it as false?
