Facebook will start fact-checking images and videos, the company said Thursday, expanding its review efforts to posts that are traditionally harder to monitor.
"People share millions of photos and videos on Facebook every day. We know that this kind of sharing is particularly compelling because it's visual. That said, it also creates an easy opportunity for manipulation by bad actors," Facebook said in a blog post.
Edited photos and strong visuals were common among the posts by Russian agents attempting to interfere with the 2016 U.S. presidential election and other global elections, according to examples released by members of Congress.
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(Score: 1, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Friday September 14 2018, @07:36AM (1 child)
So I post a picture of Adolf Hitler (Godwin's law met) and label it Churchill, now what happens next?
I don't use facebook and neither should anybody who cares about the privacy and free will of people.
(Score: 2) by jmorris on Friday September 14 2018, @06:37PM
Too late for that one, $current_year has moved on already. You can stand up and read certain writings of Churchill and be arrested for it. In London.