Facebook fact-checker says company must share more data to fight misinformation


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  • Wednesday, 31 Jul 2019

UK-based charity Full Fact issued a report urging Facebook to provide more data on how flagged content is shared over time, to see how quickly false information is spreading and assess how fact-checks are containing the spread. — Bloomberg

SAN FRANCISCO: One of Facebook's third-party fact-checking partners on July 30 said the company needed to share more data with fact-checkers to better curb misinformation.

UK-based charity Full Fact, which joined the programme in January, issued a report urging Facebook to provide more data on how flagged content is shared over time, to see how quickly false information is spreading and assess how fact-checks are containing the spread.

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