{"id":117427,"date":"2017-05-09T13:04:06","date_gmt":"2017-05-09T11:04:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=117427"},"modified":"2017-05-09T13:04:37","modified_gmt":"2017-05-09T11:04:37","slug":"how-to-spot-fake-news-on-facebook","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/entertainment\/117427-how-to-spot-fake-news-on-facebook","title":{"rendered":"How to spot fake news on Facebook"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Facebook has launched a campaign in the UK to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/help\/188118808357379?qp_instance_log_data%5brandomization_seed%5d=1492065894&amp;qp_instance_log_data%5bos_type%5d=Mac%20OS%20X&amp;qp_instance_log_data%5bbrowser_name%5d=Chrome&amp;qp_instance_log_data%5bbrowser_ver%5d=57\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>raise awareness around fake news<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The campaign included\u00a0advertisements in newspapers, including The Times and The Guardian.<\/p>\n<p>The UK will hold a general election on 8 June 2017, where members of parliament will be elected to the House of Commons.<\/p>\n<p>Allegations that fake news played a role in the US presidential elections has seen Facebook working to combat the problem on its platform.<\/p>\n<p>Its\u00a0campaign in the UK provides tips on how to spot fake news, as listed below.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Be skeptical of catchy, sensational, and unbelievable headlines.<\/li>\n<li>Look closely at the URL \u2013 a \u201clookalike\u201d URL may be a warning sign of false news.<\/li>\n<li>Investigate the source of the article.<\/li>\n<li>Watch for misspellings or awkward layouts.<\/li>\n<li>False news stories often contain manipulated images or videos.<\/li>\n<li>Inspect the dates.<\/li>\n<li>Check the evidence and the author\u2019s sources.<\/li>\n<li>Look for other reports on the subject.<\/li>\n<li>Check whether the source is known for parody.<\/li>\n<li>Think critically about the stories you share.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>This article first appeared on <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/internet\/209772-10-tips-for-spotting-fake-news-on-facebook.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">MyBroadband<\/a><\/strong> and is republished with permission.<\/em><\/p>\n<h4><strong>Now read:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/internet\/206254-google-fights-fake-news-with-fact-check-label.html\">Google fights fake news with Fact Check label<\/a><\/strong><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Facebook has launched a campaign in the UK to raise awareness around fake news.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":226,"featured_media":101568,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_enabled":true,"_sma_x_custom_text":"","_sma_x_autopost_status":"idle","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"","_sma_x_attempts":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[199,24391],"class_list":["post-117427","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment","tag-facebook","tag-fake-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117427","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/226"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=117427"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117427\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/101568"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=117427"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=117427"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=117427"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}