Rappler's latest stories on fact-checking programs
Facebook extends fact-checking program to 10 new African states
Facebook's fact checking program expands to Ethiopia, Zambia, Somalia, Burkina Faso, Uganda, Tanzania, Ivory Coast, Guinea, Ghana, and the Democratic Republic of Congo
Facebook’s fact checking program expands to Instagram
Instagram users can now report suspicious posts shared across the photo and video-sharing platform
UK-based Full Fact urges Facebook to share more data to help fact checkers
One of Full Fact's 10 recommendations calls on Facebook to release data on how posts have been shared over time, as well as their reach. Facebook says Full Fact's recommendations are being actively pursued by its teams.
Facebook responds to ex-Snopes editor slamming fact-check program
Snopes' former managing editor Brooke Binkowski accuses Facebook of spreading fake news on behalf of hostile foreign powers, favoring advertisers, and using the fact-check program as a form of crisis PR
PCOO protests Facebook partnership with Rappler, Vera Files
Malacañang, meanwhile, 'commiserates' with Duterte supporters who have slammed the social media platform's tie-up with the news organizations
Senator lauds Facebook fact-check partnership with Rappler, Vera Files
'It's encouraging to see Facebook take a stronger stance on this issue and partner with agencies that are genuinely fighting fake news,' says Senator Bam Aquino
Facebook partners with Rappler, Vera Files for fact-checking program
'Partnering with third-party fact-checking organizations is one of the ways we hope to better identify and reduce the reach of false news that people share on our platform,' says Clair Deevy, Facebook Director for Community Affairs for Asia Pacific
