Facebook is testing out a feature that marks fake news stories from sites such as The Onion with "satire" in its News Feed, a feature requested by some users, the social network confirmed to Mashable.
"We are running a small test which shows the text “[Satire]" in front of links to satirical articles in the related articles unit in News Feed. This is because we received feedback that people wanted a clearer way to distinguish satirical articles from others in these units," a Facebook representative told Mashable
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An image captured by Ars Technica shows articles in the "related stories" field on Facebook's News Feed marked with a small, bracketed "[Satire]" tag. Oddly, the tags appear only after users click an article from a satirical website, and then return to their News Feed afterward, according to Ars Technica. The tests have reportedly been going on for a month, and a variety of satirical sites are included in the program. Read more...
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