Instagram will enlist Facebook fact checkers to limit misinformation on its platform

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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

Facebook Portal is coming to Canada this June

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Facebook’s Portal video chat devices are coming to Canada soon. The company just announced that it’ll be bringing both the Portal and Portal+ here in June. It’ll also be heading to Europe in the fall. On top of that, the devices are getting WhatsApp support soon. What’s available now is you can turn these into a better photo frame. You can add your favorite photos from Instagram and Facebook to Superframe. There will be a new mobile app coming out in the summer where you can send photos straight to Superframe from your camera roll. You will also later be able to stream through Facebook Live later this year.

Source: The Verge + Engadget

You can watch select Tribeca Film Festival talks live on Facebook

While you may not be at the Tribeca Film Festival, you do have a chance to check out some talks happening at the event. You can stream conversations from the likes of Ali Wong, Tiffany Haddish, Michael J. Fox, through the festival’s Facebook page. The festival is running through May 5^th and you can check out the full schedule of the live-streamed talks through this link.

Facebook brings dark mode to all Messenger users

You no longer have to send a moon emoji to activate dark mode on your Facebook Messenger. The social network rolled out an update to all iOS and Android users to let them toggle dark mode on or off. Facebook joins a number of apps that offer this feature. And if this is something you’ve been waiting for, then it’s time to update your app.