Facebook ‘Trending’ To Weed Out Fake News Stories

Facebook ‘Trending’ To Weed Out Fake News Stories

Facebook has begun rolling out an update to its ‘Trending’ feature in an attempt to weed out fake news stories. Instead it will show users news from a range of balanced sources.

Trending will soon feature topics covered by several publishers, rather than showing the stories that are shared by the largest number of people. This is intended to make Facebook a more credible source of information.