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Facebook is rolling out its new tool against fake news.。
SEE ALSO:Facebook is cracking down on hoaxes in your News Feed。The feature, announced in December is the result of collaboration with "third-party fact-checking organisations." 。
Designed to combat to the spread of misinformation on the platform, it warns users when they try to post fake stories.。
The fact-checker is working for some U.S.-based users who tried to share a story that falsely asserted thousands of Irish people were brought to the United States as slaves.。
The story entitled "The Irish slave trade -- the slaves that time forgot" was published by the Rhode Island blog Newport Buzz and widely shared ahead of St Patrick's Day on 17 March. 。
Attempts to share the story triggered a red alert in the pop up window stating that the article has been disputed by Snopes.com and。 the Associated Press。the Associated Press。
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Clicking on it would open a second pop-up with more information: 。
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It also links to Facebook's official help page and to the debunking articles from AP and Snopes.com.。
If you ignore the warning, another pop-up asserts that the article's accuracy is "disputed by multiple, independent fact-checkers".。
If you proceed to publish the article a red box still shows up in the timeline:。
The feature was announced in December 2016 but this appears to be the first time people have noticed it on a story that went viral. 。Mashable 。
attempted to post the story using a device in London, but the red alert did not show up. 。
Facebook's help centre page entitled 'How is news marked as disputed on Facebook' confirms that the feature isn't available to everyone yet. 。
Some Trump supporters have been critical of the tool, questioning its veracity.。
Paul Joseph Watson, editor-at-large of Infowars, criticised the inclusion of Snopes in Facebook's list of independent fact-checkers.。
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Liam Hogan, a librarian and historian based in Ireland, said Trump supporters were "losing their minds" about the red alert: 。
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Other Trump fans or right-wing bloggers took to Twitter to assert that the Irish slave trade was real and Facebook was committing "Pre-Thoughtcrime": 。
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