Facebook and other social media platforms are launching a bunch of new features to combat spread of rumours or false information regarding the pandemic or any such information that is deemed to be toxic among the communities.
On Monday, Facebook announced it will start testing a new feature that will nudge users to actually read an article before they share it. If you try to share a news article link that you haven’t opened, Facebook will show a prompt encouraging you to open it and read it.
This is how the Facebook notification would appear –
“You’re about to share this article without opening it,” the prompt says. “Sharing articles without reading them may mean missing key facts.”
Even if a user hasn’t read the article, though, they’ll still be able to share it by tapping on the “Continue Sharing” button.
What do you think of this move by the social media giant? Will it help to combat rumours? Please leave your thoughts in comments below.
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