soon Instagram users in the United States capable of reporting content that they consider to be false, as the Facebook application is part of the fight against online misinformation, Reuters Reporte colleague. Thursday announced the new feature, users of photo and video sharing app can flag suspicious contributions. Instagram reported content will not appear in the “Explore” page and will also be removed from the hashtag search results. Stephanie Otway, a Facebook spokesman said the company has the function of “a first step, how to fight, we work towards a more comprehensive approach misinformation.” The application is already made other efforts on misinformation crack – introduced in May Instagram image-blocking technology to recognize content that had been exposed on Facebook, which then its scope would be limited in the same way. Social media sites have become fertile ground for misinformation online store that has been done to spread falsehoods including false medical alarms and fictitious political content manager before rising and elections. Instagram efforts to combat misinformation behind the Facebook late, to review the work 54 Facts have taken more wrong than 500 pages of content in 42 languages and spread over the last year. commissioned a report by the Senate Intelligence Committee that the Russian actor found more commitment on Instagram as Facebook around the time of 2016 elections received, suggesting that Instagram has been an important tool in election time. The report said that Instagram is “likely to be a key battleground on an ongoing basis” and Chesnot-Getty Images could play a decisive role in the election 2020. Image copyright
Instagram allows users to flag messages thinking they are fake
