But at the moment only in the USA
There is no doubt that on Facebook there are many fake news
and it can be objectively complicated to understand if the source of a certain news is reliable. The social network has often tried to fight this phenomenon and recently started testing a new function in this area.
As announced on Twitter by the same company, on Facebook “labels” will appear for the most famous pages that will indicate the type of account: there will be labels for the official pages , for fan page , for satirical pages or pages linked to official government bodies . Users can then click on these “descriptions” to get a more general picture of the type of content that could be published.
This is certainly a very useful feature: at a glance, users can easily guess if it is an official page , and therefore a reliable source. The test is currently extended to the United States only , but we are confident that this functionality will also be added in other countries
