Facebook is now apparently taking the next step in combating fake news. Accordingly, images and videos should now also be examined more closely.
27 partners focused on fact checking articles. This is now being expanded to include images and videos, as Facebook reports newsroom
How will this work?
Similar to what already works with articles, a special algorithm now also checks images and videos, which uses various automated methods, for example an automatic image search is carried out on the Internet to determine how often an image has already appeared on the Internet.

Suspicious images and videos are then forwarded to the external fact checkers for further inspection. These fact checkers specialize in examining the material in more detail, for example by looking at the metadata of an image to determine when and where an image or video was taken. They also receive support from experts, scientists or government authorities.
The more reviews the Fact Checker receives on Facebook, the more accurate the machine recognition method for the material becomes.

For example, the algorithm has an OCR mechanism . This recognizes texts in images and then compares these texts with articles to check their veracity. Facebook is also still working on techniques to automatically determine whether an image may have been manipulated before it is sent to the fact checkers for review.
How does Facebook categorize potential fakes and hoaxes?
Usually, fakes and hoaxes can be divided into three categories:
1. manipulated or completely fake images
2. images taken out of context
3. real images with false claims in text or audio form

These three categories form the basis of automated fake detection.
What is the next step?
Facebook is now working on further refining the algorithm with the help of the photos and videos checked by the fact checkers. There is still a long way to go before such reports disappear automatically. Of course, there is also a great risk that reports about fakes and hoaxes, which have to use these images in articles, will themselves be recognized as fake.
In order to make this system as perfect as possible, Facebook will continue to look for new partners in the next few months and continue to work on the algorithm, which has been in active operation since September 13, 2018.
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