Facebook cracks down on News Feed hoaxes<article>
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First it was
spam. Then it was
click-bait. Now Facebook is tackling hoaxes that pop up in News Feed because your gullible friends won’t stop liking and sharing obviously fake stories.</p><p>
Hoaxes will probably never really go away, because Facebook isn’t going to delete any posts. Instead, the network is using your feedback to determine when a story is a scam. Now when you click to hide a story and banish it from your feed, Facebook offers a new option: “It’s a false news story.” If enough people report the post as false or misleading, the network will halt the story from spreading like wildfire.</p><p class="jumpTag"><a href="/article/2872684/facebook-cracks-down-on-news-feed-hoaxes.html#jump">To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here[/url]</p></section></article>
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Facebook cracks down on News Feed hoaxes
