
How to spot a fake ad on Facebook
- November 2, 2021
How to detect fake news on Facebook?
It’s a question many people ask themselves every day, especially as Facebook’s reputation is under siege from the scandal surrounding Russian interference in the US presidential election.
So we decided to investigate.
Facebook says the problem is not just the Russian government.
Facebook users have been sharing fake news stories for years, according to data analysed by the research group.
How do you spot a genuine ad?
Facebook has a “fake news” tool that will tell you if the story is a real one.
It’s called “The AdSense Truthchecker”, and it has a feature to flag posts for “deceptive or misleading” content.
“The truthchecker does not flag all the content that’s posted on Facebook, so you may see posts that you don’t recognise, or posts that appear to be from a company you don’ know,” Facebook said in a statement.
“However, we have flagged a few posts that we believe are not real and are likely from a third party.”
If a Facebook post looks legitimate, the company will flag it for the AdSense truthcheck.
“We are working to improve the accuracy of our ad discovery tools, so this tool is not always accurate,” Facebook added.
“As a result, we sometimes don’t flag real posts.”
The tool will flag fake posts with “fake” in the title and will warn you about the article if it contains “deception or misleading content”.
“If a post looks real and is flagged as genuine, we’ll let you know and will help you spot the post,” Facebook explained.
The company is also encouraging people to flag their own posts.
If you don”t see the “fake posts” listed in the “report” section, it means Facebook is not investigating it and that you can report it yourself.
Facebook has warned that some of the most prominent fake news content has been shared more than 30,000 times in the past week. “
It will be easier to report a post as fake or not real,” Facebook wrote in a blog post on Thursday.
Facebook has warned that some of the most prominent fake news content has been shared more than 30,000 times in the past week.
The Facebook Newsfeed ad, which shows the real news from a variety of sources, will show a clickable link to the story.
“If you see something that looks like it could be from us, we’re always looking to improve our content detection tools,” a Facebook spokesperson told BuzzFeed News.
Facebook’s AdSense tool was developed in 2014 and was intended to be used by advertisers to advertise on the social network.
It is now used by almost 2.4 million advertisers, including Facebook.
Facebook said the tool has “not detected any real-world content” on the platform.
The algorithm used by Facebook for its algorithm is known as “Truthchecker”.
Facebook said it has used the tool to flag “many fake or misleading stories” and it also uses it “to flag content that has a high likelihood of being fake or a false report”.
“We will continue to improve this tool to help advertisers better understand the real and perceived news on the site,” the company added.