Reuters to Provide Fact-Checking for Facebook Amid 2020 US Presidential Elections

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Published Feb 12, 2020 02:06PM ET

Updated Feb 12, 2020 03:42PM ET

Reuters to Provide Fact-Checking for Facebook Amid 2020 US Presidential Elections

In partnership with Facebook (NASDAQ:FB), Reuters has established a new unit tasked with identifying misinformation on social media.

As Reuters reported on Feb. 12, social media giant Facebook’s Third-Party-Fact-Checking Program and the news outlet have jointly launched a fact-checking initiative in a bid to identify misinformation on social media. Specifically, Reuters will verify information posted on Facebook and Instagram in the run-up to the United States elections and after.

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