Facebook is fighting fake news by ranking publishers by their trustworthiness. Following their announcement to tweak the newsfeed algorithm to favor family and friends’ content over publishers’ and brands’, Mark Zuckerberg has announced the powerful platform will be asking users to rank publications’ trustworthiness (we once asked Millennials & Gen Z to do the same). They’ll then use that information to prioritize certain publications in the newsfeed over others in order to favor “high quality news that helps build a sense of common ground.” (AdAge)
