Facebook and Twitter social media platforms will be filtering fake news. The Facebook and Twitter will be in coalition with left-wing organizations to provide better social media news.
In order to improve the social media news posted on Facebook and Twitter, Twitter and Facebook joined the respected news organizations according to Fox News. It is because there have been proliferation of low quality and fake news posted using the Facebook and Twitter platforms.
Google and Google Labs support the First Draft project. The First Draft project is done with a curated association of partner sites. In this computer age it is expected that the project will aim to offer and provide the premium-quality social media news while adhering to the best journalism practices.
The association network is aimed to prevent and stop the spread of fake news, and to verify the news content. The removal of the fake news would help improve newsgathering. Facebook's involvement is important because much fake news is spread on their platform, The Guardian reported. The sources of the fake news and of the left-leaning news which are untrustworthy and dishonest are what Facebook, Twitter and Google would be screening.
Meanwhile, before Facebook has joined and signed into the project, Facebook has already been involved in a controversy saying that they are screening the social media news. Also Facebook have been slammed by allegations noting that Facebook has government bias against conservative news media.
On the other hand, the conservatives say that the Trust and Safety Council of Twitter is full of progressive activists and social justice advocates that are creating a social media with the elimination of the presence of non-liberal opinions.
The association will create guidelines for better journalism, and better and improved social media news practice. However, the recommendations would not be binding.
The organization is composed of Twitter, Facebook, The New York Times, YouTube, BuzzFeed News, Washington Post, ABC News of Australia, CNN, AFP, ProPublica, France Info, The Telegraph, International Business Times UK, Le Monde's Les Decodeurs, Al Jazeera Media Network and Eurovision News Exchange, according to a major partner of the association, Agence France-Press.
In a fight against fake news, after the unveiling of the project, and following Twitter and Facebook, other news outlets are believed to joining the group as well.
Meanwhile, here's a quick video on how to spot a fake news: