Facebook starts testing `read first` prompts to combat misinformation
(Android Central)

Facebook is borrowing Twitter`s approach to fighting misinformation. What you need to know Facebook is testing an informed sharing method on its platform. The app will prompt users to read an article before sharing it. The feature is similar to a prompt that Twitter introduced last summer. Facebook continues its crusade against the spread of misinformation by launching a new prompt to promote the `informed sharing of news articles.` The prompt will appear when a user attempts to share a news article that they haven`t read. It will provide the option to read the article or continue sharing it. The feature was announced Monday on Twitter: Starting today, we`re testing a way to promote more informed sharing of news articles. If you go to share a news article link you haven`t opened, we`ll show a prompt encouraging you to open it and read it, before sharing it with others. pic.twitter.com/brlMnlg6Qg— Facebook Newsroom (@fbnewsroom) May 10, 2021 The feature is meant to address...