Facebook adds a method for people running groups to automatically sift out claims that have debunk since being post.
The ability for group administrators to send misinformation to a “quarantine queue” comes ahead of midterm elections in the US and as Facebook-parent
Meta continues to fend off critics who say it doesn’t do enough to fight misinformation on its platforms.
This tool allows those running groups to automatically relegate into quarantine new posts tag as containing false information, as well as previously post claims that were subsequently proven untrue, as per Facebook.
Head of Facebook Tom Alison Said :
“To help ensure content is more reliable for the broader community, group admins can automatically move posts containing information rated as false by third-party fact-checkers to pending posts so that the admins can review the posts before deleting them,”.
Facebook in March began letting groups automatically reject fresh posts identified as containing false information, taking aim at a part of the massive network that has drawn particular concern from misinformation watchdogs.
With more than 1.8 billion people per month use Facebook Groups, which allow members to gather around topics ranging from parenting to politics.
Yet critics have said the groups are ripe for the spread of misleading or false information because they have sometimes large audiences of like-mind users organize on a particular topic.
The misinformation sifting tool was among enhancements aim at making it easier for administrators to manage groups.
Meta chief Mark Zuckerberg said in a post :
“There are over 100 million new group memberships every day on Facebook — which is kind of incredible,”
Mark Zuckerberg adds a promise to keep building new features for “even deeper connections around shared interests.”
Tom Alison said at the summit :
“Technology is evolving at a rapid pace,”.
“More specifically: we’re evolving it, investing in products and research that will help make the metaverse a reality.”
The evolution of groups is part of Meta’s vision of a future in which life online plays out in virtual worlds refer to as the metaverse, according to Tom Alison.
