Erasing fake news from Facebook sounds like a thankless, frustrating and unfulfilling job, according to a new report.
A survey from the Tow Center for Digital Journalism drives home that point, citing several high-ranking members of the social network’s third-party fact-checking team who seek more support from the company.
In the wake of the 2016 U.S. election, Facebook partnered with five organizations — ABC News, the Associated Press, FactCheck.org, PolitiFact, and Snopes — to combat the spread of misinformation on its massive platform. One of the “six senior people” interviewed by Tow fellow Mike Ananny said “we need more transparency” from Facebook, and wanted the company to put out an annual report on how effective its fight against fake news is.