The article focuses on the BBC assembling a team that will be working on checking facts and will be debunking misleading or fake news. The BBC plans to create a resource called "Reality Check" that they hope will become permanent, and will be created and consistently updated by a dedicated team targeting false stories or facts being shared widely on social media. Furthermore, the major news institute plans to work alongside Facebook that are already working on targeting and fighting fake news that can now be easily flagged on the social media platform.
- The BBC is to assemble a team to fact check and debunk deliberately misleading and false stories masquerading as real news.
- “The BBC can’t edit the internet, but we won’t stand aside either,” Harding said.
- “We are working with Facebook, in particular, to see how we can be most effective."
- BBC creating an “intelligence unit” within the World Service, which has received £290m to expand its reach into new languages
Personally, I think its great that a major institution such as the BBC are focusing on the worryingly increase in fake news that have been affecting major current affairs events such as the EU referendum or the US presidential election. It is especially good for society as there is a sense of gatekeeping on the internet, but not from institutes with their own personal agendas but from an institute such as the BBC which strives be neutral and aims to inform the masses rather than exploit them.
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