Last updated: January 17, 2017
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Was threatened with government intervention over fake news
After being threatened with fines by the German government, Facebook is rolling out measures to fact check and flag fake news for the first time outside the US/ It is bringing the tests to Germany in an attempt to control the proliferation of news hoaxes ahead of its election.
Users will now be able to report a story as fake and it will be sent to Correctiv, a third-party fact checker. If it's fake, the item will be flagged as "disputed," with an explanation.
Disputed stories will not be prioritized by the news feed algorithm and people will receive a warning if they decide to share it.