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Facebook and Twitter will help Google filter out fake news
Facebook and Twitter have joined a Google-backed effort that aims to tackle fake news that tend to spread on social media. If you use either website, you've definitely seen those types of posts -- you know, hoaxes, headlines that have nothing to do with the actual story, fake celebrity deaths, and so on and so forth -- before. The two companies are now part of the First Draft Coalition, which was announced back in June 2015 along with YouTube Newswire, a curated collection of verified eyewitness videos covering various events. FDC will help not just journalists from partner publications, but also individual users verify stories circulating online.
