The Right Way to Report Fake News on Facebook

Today, I was attempting to flag an article as fake news, but I noticed that the way to report it was not very intuitive. Here’s how to report correctly.

Ashley
Ashley
Aug 9, 2017 · 2 min read

1. Click the “v” on the post that includes the article and select “Report this post”

2. Select “It’s a false news story”

3. Next, it gives you several options (you can select more than one) which you can chose from depending on who post it, but most importantly select “Mark this post as false news

Here is the incorrect to report fake news (although, it seems it would be logical):

While viewing the article…


Be sure to report fake news with caution, but most importantly be sure to know how to spot fake news. Here is a good comprehensive article on spotting fake news.

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