Facebook creates $14 million fund to fight fake news
The group will join forces with the likes of the Ford Foundation and Craigslist founder Craig Newmark to fund a research project administered by City University of New York.
The aim is to help people spot clickbait and deceptive news. The London School of Economics’ media department will also be involved in the research with other institutions in France and Germany.
“We want to give people the tools necessary to be discerning about the information they see online,” said Facebook’s head of news partnerships Campbell Brown.
Facebook, led in Europe by Nicola Mendelsohn, was criticised after the US election for not doing enough to filter out fake news stories.
In response it launched The Facebook Journalism Project to work with news organisations and offer training courses for journalists.
Facebook has previously said it is not responsible for the content on its site.
