Facebook to Hire 'Fact Checking' Contractors

Details:Facebook will hire the community reviewers through a third-party contractor calledAppen, which sources, vets, selects and qualifies community reviewers.

According to the report, Facebook will also partner with the polling company YouGov, allegedly to ensure that the pool of community reviewers represent the diversity of people on Facebook.

In particular, its consulted expertslike David Rand, associate professor of management science and brain and cognitive sciences at MIT; Paul Resnick, associate dean for Research and Faculty Affairs at the University of Michigan School of Information and director of the Center for Social Media Responsibility; and Joshua Tucker, professor of politics at NYU and co-director of NYU Social Media and Political Participation lab.

It continues to block publishers from mentioning the name of the alleged whistleblower Eric Ciaramella, despite his name being tied to a major news story.

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