- 1. Facebook partners with fact-checkers to flag fake news
- 2. Verizon demands concessions in Yahoo deal after massive breach
- 3. ObamaCare sign-up deadline extended due to last-minute rush
- 4. U.S. stocks gain as investors digest Fed move
- 5. DeVry agrees to $100 million settlement over ads that misled students
1. Facebook partners with fact-checkers to flag fake news
Facebook announced Thursday that it was starting to flag fake news posts by partnering with third-party fact-checkers. As part of its new policies to flag fabricated stories, the world's largest social network said it would work with organizations that have signed the International Fact-Checking Network's code of principles established by the Poynter media institute in Florida. Groups that have signed the code include Snopes, PolitiFact, The Washington Post Fact Checker, The Associated Press, and ABC News. Facebook also said it was adjusting its News Feed algorithm to lower the ranking of fake news, focusing on what one executive called "clear hoaxes."
2. Verizon demands concessions in Yahoo deal after massive breach
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