{"id":188013,"date":"2019-05-08T04:27:45","date_gmt":"2019-05-08T04:27:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=188013"},"modified":"2019-05-11T02:01:07","modified_gmt":"2019-05-11T02:01:07","slug":"remove-reduce-inform-new-steps-to-manage-problematic-content","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=188013","title":{"rendered":"Remove, Reduce, Inform: New Steps to Manage Problematic Content"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>By Guy Rosen, VP of Integrity, and Tessa Lyons, Head of News Feed Integrity<\/em><\/h1>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">Since 2016, we have used a strategy called \u201c<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #ccffff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/newsroom.fb.com\/news\/2018\/05\/inside-feed-reduce-remove-inform\/\">remove, reduce, and inform<\/a><\/strong><\/span>\u201d to manage problematic content across the Facebook family of apps. This involves <strong><em>removing<\/em><\/strong> content that violates our policies, <strong><em>reducing<\/em><\/strong> the spread of problematic content that does not violate our policies and <strong><em>informing<\/em><\/strong> people with additional information so they can choose what to click, read or share. This strategy applies not only during critical times like<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong> <a style=\"color: #ccffff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/newsroom.fb.com\/news\/tag\/elections\/\">elections<\/a><\/strong><\/span>, but year-round.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">Today in Menlo Park, we met with a small group of journalists to discuss our latest remove, reduce and inform updates to keep people safe and maintain the integrity of information that flows through the Facebook family of apps:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\"><strong>REMOVE\u00a0<\/strong> <a style=\"color: #ccffff;\" href=\"https:\/\/newsroom.fb.com\/news\/2019\/04\/remove-reduce-inform-new-steps\/#remove\">(<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>read more<\/strong><\/span>)<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">Rolling out a new section on the Facebook Community Standards site where people can track the updates we make each month.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">Updating the enforcement policy for Facebook groups and launching a new Group Quality feature.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\"><strong>REDUCE<\/strong> <a style=\"color: #ccffff;\" href=\"https:\/\/newsroom.fb.com\/news\/2019\/04\/remove-reduce-inform-new-steps\/#reduce\">(<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>read more<\/strong><\/span>)<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">Kicking off a collaborative process with outside experts to find new ways to fight more false news on Facebook, more quickly.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">Expanding the content the Associated Press will review as a third-party fact-checker.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">Reducing the reach of Facebook Groups that repeatedly share misinformation.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">Incorporating a \u201cClick-Gap\u201d signal into News Feed ranking to ensure people see less low-quality content in their News Feed.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\"><strong>INFORM<\/strong> <a style=\"color: #ccffff;\" href=\"https:\/\/newsroom.fb.com\/news\/2019\/04\/remove-reduce-inform-new-steps\/#inform\">(<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>read more<\/strong><\/span>)<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">Expanding the News Feed Context Button to images.\u00a0<em><strong>(Updated on April 10, 2019 at 11AM PT to include this news.)<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">Adding Trust Indicators to the News Feed Context Button on English and Spanish content.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">Adding more information to the Facebook Page Quality tab.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">Allowing people to remove their posts and comments from a Facebook Group after they leave the group.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">Combatting impersonations by bringing the Verified Badge from Facebook into Messenger.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">Launching Messaging Settings and an Updated Block feature on Messenger for greater control.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">Launched Forward Indicator and Context Button on Messenger to help prevent the spread of misinformation.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/newsroom.fb.com\/news\/2019\/04\/remove-reduce-inform-new-steps\/\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Facebook will use Associated Press to review the veracity of its news feeds, which is like having confidence tricksters having their scams vouched for and verified by paid 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