Precisely in 2017, the Facebook announced the project to combat the spread of false news, conspiracy theories and malicious content spread across your platform. But the social network has now demonstrated that it is concerned about rumors spread over its platform.
In the latter case, the company has a special software program called Stormchaser used to track and unmask misinformation about Facebook, including scattered rumors in WhatsApp.
Developed in 2016, the Stormtracker has been used to track viral posts about the company. It tracks everything from rumors that Facebook listens to users, jokes about Mark Zuckerberg and more. In at least some cases, Facebook used the Stormchaser to share messages by unmasking false claims about the company.
Some say that the Stormtracker it is proof that the social network prioritizes the fight against false news that puts the company in a bad light over other misinformation, but the company says that is not the case. According to a company source, “The tool was built with simple technology that helped to detect posts on Facebook based on keywords, so that one could consider the response to product confusion within its own platform.
