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10.03 / 16:51
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Worried about Facebook misinformation? New tool deployed
Facebook on Wednesday began letting groups automatically reject posts identified as containing misinformation, taking aim at a part of the massive network that has drawn particular concern from misinformation watchdogs. 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 targets for the spread of misleading or false information by having sometimes large audiences of like-minded users organized on a particular topic.