Friday, December 16, 2016

Facebook to clamp down on spread of fake news

Facebook has announced new measures to help clamp down on the spread of 'fake news' on the social network site.

Some US politicians criticised Facebook last month after complaints that fake news could have influenced votes in the US election.

Facebook said it was approaching the problem of fake news "carefully" and would focus efforts on "the worst of the worst".

Harry Horton reports from Washington.

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