Facebook extends fact-checking programme to 10 new African states


  • TECH
  • Thursday, 10 Oct 2019

Facebook announced today the expansion of its third-party fact-checking programme to 10 new African countries. — AFP Relaxnews

Facebook on Oct 8 announced the expansion of its third-party fact-checking programme to 10 new African countries in partnership with Agence France-Presse and other media.

The programme will be available in Ethiopia, Zambia, Somalia and Burkina Faso in partnership with AFP; in Uganda and Tanzania with Pesa Check and AFP; in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Ivory Coast with France 24 and AFP, in Guinea with France 24, and Ghana in partnership with Nigerian fact-checking platform Dubawa.

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