Snapchat: We call police to check facts

Wed, Aug 30th 2017, 10:48 AM

As an example, the social network told the BBC it had fact-checked user-generated coverage from the recent Charlottesville protests with local police before highlighting the posts.

The approach contrasts with that of its rival Facebook.

Facebook used to employ an editorial team to curate its trending news section, but disbanded it last year.

The larger company now relies on algorithms and external services to help tackle so-called "fake news".

Snapchat's audience is a fraction of Facebook's. The former recently reported having 173 million active daily users, while the latter said it had more than two billion monthly ones.

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