Spotting Fake News on Facebook (and What to Do About it) • | News for Discussion | Scoop.it
Fake news is a pretty sensitive topic. It gained a lot of steam around the time of the US election and it’s been plaguing many of us ever since.

How do you know whether the news story you just read is real? How do you avoid sharing stories specifically designed to fire you up and tap into your confirmation bias?

That’s what we’ll explore in this post! We’ll show you some techniques and share tips that will help you spot (and avoid!) fake news stories on Facebook.

Via John Evans, Juergen Wagner