How Can We Fix the Fake News Problem?
The Facebook Journalism Project
Because the bulk of fake news is shared on Facebook, the company’s efforts to combat its spread are being watched closely. In January, the Facebook Journalism Project was introduced as a "three-pronged approach aimed at providing training, products and tools for journalists and news consumers," according to Poynter. In terms of fake news, the goal is, in part, to disrupt the financial incentives of spreading fake news and ranking updates to better identify fake news, clickbait, spam and other sensationalist pieces. "We want to empower people to identify misleading news content when they encounter it — on any platform," Facebook reported on the six-month update of the project.