Three of the largest social networks have pledged to join forces with fact-checkers, governments and researchers to try to find a new way to tackle misinformation.
As the BBC reports, the main impetus for taking this initiative has come from the increasing amount of misinformation about COVID-19 vaccines, which is adding to the confusion among the global population about their effectiveness. This is happening now, at a time when many countries are preparing to start vaccinating their citizens, to end this pandemic.
It is not yet clear how this war will unfold between these three giants (YouTube, Facebook, and Twitter).
Fact-checking organizations will be among the main contributors to this fight.
In addition to Facebook, YouTube and Twitter, the alliance also includes the UK Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport; the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism; Africa Check; the Office of the Privacy Council of Canada, and five other international fact-checking organisations.
With funding from Facebook, an initial framework will begin to apply in January, setting out new standards for dealing with misinformation, as well as a set of goals aimed at finding the best way to respond to such information.
This latest initiative is an attempt to agree on a common approach to coronavirus disinformation and vaccine misinformation.
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