These Students Have Come Up With A Unique Solution For Facebooks Fake News Problem

Admin 19-Nov-2016 17:31:14 Inothernews

These Students Have Come Up With A Unique Solution For Facebooks Fake News Problem


This may come as good news for all those who have fallen prey to fake news on Facebook. A group of students in the US have come up with a unique algorithm that authenticates what is real and what is fake on Facebook.



The team of students included Nabanita De, an international second-year master’s student at the University of Massachusetts, Anant Goel, a 1st year student at Purdue University, Mark Craft and Qinglin, 2nd year students at the University of Illinois, reports Washington Post.

What have they created?

The group of students have made a Chrome browser extension that tags links in Facebook feeds as verified or not verified after cross checking the content with other news sources.

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