Rachel Weeks

Facebook fact-checks space image: Facebook fact-checked an image for including false information. The user shared an image from Space Spot. The caption said, "This is what sunset on earth looks like from space." Facebook claimed the image contained false information and added a notice to the user's post. The platform also linked to a USA Today fact check article. The article claimed a CGI artist, not NASA, created the image. The user said, "the post never claimed to be a photo from NASA." Fact-checked posts lose exposure on Facebook feeds as they are negatively affected by the platform's algorithm. According to Facebook, users fail to click through a fact-check interstitial to see the post 95% of the time.

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