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It's Facebook, Not Fakebook

The Brian Lehrer Show | Jan 26, 2015

Facebook is introducing a new feature to allow users to flag news stories they believe to be untrue. 

Craig Silverman, founder of the website Emergent which debunks fake online stories, and Robinson Meyer, associate editor at The Atlantic, discusses the new feature and why the social networking giant cares if users share rumors. Plus: how to tell if something you read is true or not.

 

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