How do social media companies act on this?
Leading media companies are working on the issue, however there is still a long way to go for the eradication of misinformation in digital media, specifically in social networks.
One example is TikTok, which directly and publicly assumes responsibility for countering false and misleading content as a commitment through various actions, the most recent of which is a feature that stops people from sharing a video whose content is unfounded.
The new tool works as follows: a user uploads a video which has been previously reviewed, then a banner appears announcing that the material has not been fully validated and has been categorized as “Unverified Content” and the user will have the option to choose to “Cancel the post” or “Share anyway”. Viewers decreased the rate of shared videos by 24%, while 'Likes' on such videos dropped by 7%.
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On the other hand, Facebook since the pandemic has launched more than 50 million warning labels warning of false information or information of dubious provenance and continues to make improvements in content moderation, while Instagram in 2019 planned to display a more visible tag, so that users understand that the information shared is not reliable.
How to detect fake news?
-Verify the sources of information.
-Check account verification.
-Search for the news in another source of information.
-Look for the author in the news.
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