{"id":14114,"date":"2019-02-02T23:12:45","date_gmt":"2019-02-02T23:12:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rsoftsolution.com\/blog\/update-snopes-quits-and-ap-in-talks-over-facebooks-fact-checking-partnership.html"},"modified":"2019-02-02T23:12:45","modified_gmt":"2019-02-02T23:12:45","slug":"update-snopes-quits-and-ap-in-talks-over-facebooks-fact-checking-partnership","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rbsitsoftwaresolution.in\/blog\/update-snopes-quits-and-ap-in-talks-over-facebooks-fact-checking-partnership.html","title":{"rendered":"UPDATE: Snopes quits and AP in talks over Facebook\u2019s fact-checking partnership"},"content":{"rendered":"

Snopes, which recently rebuffed reports<\/a> that its relationship with Facebook was strained, has stopped working for the program and the Associated Press is in negotiations over its role.<\/p>\n

Snopes joined Facebook\u2019s <\/a> group of third-party fact checkers in 2016, at first volunteering its services and the next year accepting a lump $100,000 payment for their work. But the company said in a statement that it\u2019s rethinking providing services like this at all:<\/p>\n

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At this time we are evaluating the ramifications and costs of providing third-party fact-checking services, and we want to determine with certainty that our efforts to aid any particular platform are a net positive for our online community, publication, and staff.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Snopes founder David Mikkelson added in a statement to TechCrunch that \u201cwe felt that the Facebook fact check partnership wasn\u2019t working well for us as an organization.\u201d I\u2019ve asked Facebook for comment.<\/p>\n

The news comes hot on the heels of a recent article in the Guardian by former Snopes employees who described the partnership as being \u201cin disarray.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Facebook\u2019s fact-checkers toil on<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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But the Snopes founder strongly disagreed with that characterization, and the suggestion that Facebook had been interfering with or otherwise unduly influencing the fact-checking program.\u00a0Mikkelson described the work as \u201cliterally just data entry,\u201d and said that Facebook never told them what they should check, with a handful of exceptions like bringing high-profile hoaxes to checkers\u2019 attention during the 2018 election.<\/p>\n

In fact, Mikkelson said the main problem was a lack<\/em> of engagement from Facebook. The tools, he said, were rudimentary, and checkers were limited in the number of articles they could evaluate. Meanwhile, the effect of the fact-checking program was poorly communicated both to partners and users. Was it working? How well? In what way? What changes are being made, if any, to the algorithms and systems involved?<\/p>\n

In comments to Poynter<\/a>, Snopes VP of operations Danny Green said the process needed to be improved:<\/p>\n

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With a manual system and a closed system \u2014 it\u2019s impossible to keep on top of that stuff\u2026 It doesn\u2019t seem like we\u2019re striving to make third-party fact checking more practical for publishers \u2014 it seems like we\u2019re striving to make it easier for Facebook. At some point, we need to put our foot down and say, \u2018No. You need to build an API.\u2019<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

This surely formed at least part of the reason why Snopes declined to renew its yearly contract with Facebook. It seems to be a coincidence that the announcement came shortly after yet another bad week for the latter; the contracts seem to be for calendar years so the decision not to rejoin would have been made some time ago.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s not the only U.S. fact checker not doing the work. The Associated Press confirmed to TechCrunch that it too is \u201cnot currently doing fact-checking work for Facebook.\u201d In a statement, the news organization said that it \u201cconstantly evaluates how to best deploy its fact-checking resources, and that includes ongoing conversations with Facebook about opportunities to do important fact-checking work on its platform.\u201d<\/p>\n

Update<\/strong>: The AP representative contacted TechCrunch to say that although it is not doing fact checking work for the program now, it is not leaving it altogether, later adding that \u201cAP is in talks with Facebook and we fully expect to be doing fact check work for Facebook in 2019.\u201d I\u2019ve updated the headline and story throughout to reflect this.<\/p>\n

Politifact confirmed it is staying with the program; I\u2019ve also asked Factcheck.org (the fourth U.S. fact-checker); AFP, which does fact-checking work in multiple countries, also confirmed its continuing work.<\/p>\n

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