Instagram will enlist Facebook fact checkers to limit misinformation on its platform  
Monday, May 6, 2019 at 5:44PM
Nicole Batac in Facebook, Instagram, News, Public service, Social Media, app news

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Facebook-owned Instagram wants to limit the spread of misinformation on its platform and one way to remedy that would be to run potentially false posts through Facebook’s fact-checking partners. While Instagram won’t take down these posts, they won’t show up in the Explore tab as well as in the hashtag results page. A spokesperson for the company told Poynter, "Our approach to misinformation is the same as Facebook's—when we find misinfo, rather than remove it, we'll reduce its distribution." On top of this, Instagram is considering adding pop-ups for when people look up misinformation.

Source: Engadget

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