‘Fake news’ crackdown: Facebook, Google & French corporate media ally ahead of presidential poll

‘Facebook is part of two MSM-backed intiatives targeting so-called ‘fake news’ in France.
The social network, which boasts 30 million monthly users in France, has launched an anti-fake news coalition comprising of Agence France-Presse (AFP), BFM-TV, Franceinfo, France Médias Monde, L’Express, Liberation, Le Monde and 20 Minutes.
Users will be able to alert Facebook to a story they suspect is false, which will then be checked by project partners. If two or more media groups highlight the story as ‘untrue’, Facebook will include a banner stating that alongside the story.’

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