Reuters will fact-check content on Facebook and Instagram

Reuters has teamed up with Facebook to launch a new fact-checking initiative. It is looking to identify misinformation on social media, and will draw on the news agency's history of verifying data. The partnership will see Reuters fact-checking content on Facebook and Instagram, working with Facebook's Third-Party Fact-Checking Program. The fact-checking program is seen as being particularly important in the run-up to the US presidential election, but it will continue beyond this. The fact-checking program will only cover Facebook's US audience, although this may change in future. English and Spanish content will be authenticated, and findings will be published on… [Continue Reading]