Facebook has introduced a user trustworthiness score – here's why it should go further
Tuesday, August 28, 2018 - 10:30
in Mathematics & Economics
Facebook has reportedly started giving users a secret trustworthiness score in its attempt to tackle fake news. According to the Washington Post, the score is partly based on users' ability to correctly flag and report inaccurate news items on the site. Facebook then takes this score into account when working out how a user's content should be spread around the network (although it doesn't tell users what their score is).