<p>Facebook is working on a programme that will check for fake news on its platform and alert users as soon as they view it, according to a report by <em>The Economic Times</em>. </p>.<p>The fake news posts will be rated as 'false, mixture, false headline, opinion, satire', among other definitions. The initiative will be rolled out in India as many as 12 languages. </p>.<p>The social media giant had started a pilot fact-checking programme in Karnataka last year in partnership with fact-checking portal <em>Boom</em>, followed by one with <em>Vishvas News</em>. The company had earlier tested the same in countries such as Singapore and the Netherlands.</p>.<p>It will now start checking facts in partnership with <em>AFP India, Fact Crescendo, Factly, Newsmobile Fact Checker, The Quint</em> and <em>India Today Fact Check.</em></p>.<p>In a blog, Facebook said that it will use "both technology and human review to remove fake accounts, promote news literacy and disrupt the financial incentives of spammers."</p>.<p>According to the report, the company will also act against pages that 'repeatedly share false news.' The company, however, will exempt posts from politicians. "If a claim is made directly by a politician on their page, in an ad or on their website, it is considered direct speech and ineligible for our third-party fact-checking programme," it said. </p>.<p>In a case when a politician shares a specific piece of content such as a link to an article, video or photo created by someone else that has been previously debunked on Facebook, then the content will be demoted and a warning will be displayed.<br /> </p>
<p>Facebook is working on a programme that will check for fake news on its platform and alert users as soon as they view it, according to a report by <em>The Economic Times</em>. </p>.<p>The fake news posts will be rated as 'false, mixture, false headline, opinion, satire', among other definitions. The initiative will be rolled out in India as many as 12 languages. </p>.<p>The social media giant had started a pilot fact-checking programme in Karnataka last year in partnership with fact-checking portal <em>Boom</em>, followed by one with <em>Vishvas News</em>. The company had earlier tested the same in countries such as Singapore and the Netherlands.</p>.<p>It will now start checking facts in partnership with <em>AFP India, Fact Crescendo, Factly, Newsmobile Fact Checker, The Quint</em> and <em>India Today Fact Check.</em></p>.<p>In a blog, Facebook said that it will use "both technology and human review to remove fake accounts, promote news literacy and disrupt the financial incentives of spammers."</p>.<p>According to the report, the company will also act against pages that 'repeatedly share false news.' The company, however, will exempt posts from politicians. "If a claim is made directly by a politician on their page, in an ad or on their website, it is considered direct speech and ineligible for our third-party fact-checking programme," it said. </p>.<p>In a case when a politician shares a specific piece of content such as a link to an article, video or photo created by someone else that has been previously debunked on Facebook, then the content will be demoted and a warning will be displayed.<br /> </p>