Facebook is taking another step to help curb the spread of misinformation on the platform. The social networking site has ofter been criticized for its lack of scrutiny over spread of fake news.
The company has now introduced a feature where Facebook users will be prompted to reconsider sharing a news article that is more than 90 days old.
This new feature will be rolled out globally.This new notification screen will appear when people click the share button on articles older than 90 days.
However, this feature in itself won’t stop the user from sharing that article. It will allow the user to continue sharing if they decide the article is still relevant.Similar to this feature, Facebook added the context button in 2018 which provides.