The BBC, UK's biggest broadcaster, is forming a division to battle fake news on online websites and platforms to decrease the sharing of false information. While their objective is to deliver truthful news on their own platforms they also recognise that not everyone will read their articles so this could potentially be a marketing move to bring in trust from other readers.
The BBC gave a statement:
“The BBC can’t edit
the internet, but we won’t stand aside either,” Harding said. “We will fact
check the most popular outliers on Facebook, Instagram and other social media.
“We are working with Facebook, in particular, to see how we can be most effective. Where we see deliberately misleading stories masquerading as news, we’ll publish a Reality Check that says so.
“We are working with Facebook, in particular, to see how we can be most effective. Where we see deliberately misleading stories masquerading as news, we’ll publish a Reality Check that says so.
I think this is a great move from the institution to encourage other media providers to do the same in either small or big scale since it will benefit society. On the other hand, I believe that Facebook should take their own actions too instead of relying on 3rd parties.
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