Facebook將在德國啓動新聞打假

Germany is to become the first country outside the US to benefit from Facebook’s crackdown on fake news as the social media group tries to control the proliferation of media hoaxes ahead of elections in the country this year.

德國將成爲美國以外首個受益於Facebook打擊假新聞努力的國家。這家社交媒體集團正試圖在今年該國舉行選舉之前遏制媒體騙局的擴散。

The world’s largest social network is bringing its test of fake-news filtering tools to Germany in the coming weeks after the spread of false stories such as one claiming Germany’s oldest church was set on fire by a mob of 1,000 people.

世界最大社交網絡將在未來幾周內將其假新聞過濾工具引進德國。此前德國曾經流傳一些聳人聽聞的虛假報道，比如聲稱該國最古老的教堂被1000名暴徒焚燒。

German users of the social network will now be able to report a story as fake and it will be sent to Correctiv, a third-party fact checker. If the fact checker discovers it is fake, the story will be flagged as “disputed”, with an explanation. Disputed stories will not be prioritised by the news feed algorithm and people will receive a warning if they decide to share it.

該社交網絡的德國用戶現在將能夠舉報一個故事爲假新聞，相關故事將被轉發至第三方事實覈查機構Correctiv。如果事實覈查機構發現它確實是假新聞，相關故事將被標記爲“有爭議”，並附帶一個解釋。有爭議的故事不會得到新聞推送算法的優先處理，而決定分享它的人們將接到一個預警。

Facebook said it had been in discussions with German media and publishing groups and was working to get more partners on board. “Our focus is on Germany right now but we’re certainly thinking through what countries will unveil next,” he said.

Facebook的一名發言人表示，該公司在與德國媒體和出版集團進行討論，正在努力爭取更多合作伙伴加入。“我們現在關注的是德國，但我們肯定會思考接下來要在各國推出什麼機制，”他說。

The German government has been concerned that its elections could be influenced by the spread of fake news and the hacking of political campaigns, after false stories such as the Pope endorsing president-elect Donald Trump spread rapidly during the US elections and a recent US intelligence report found Russia intended to influence the election by hacking the Democratic National Committee.

德國政府擔心的是，該國的選舉可能受到假消息傳播和黑客攻擊政治競選團隊的影響，此前在美國大選期間，諸如教皇支持唐納德?特朗普(Donald Trump)當選總統之類的虛假報道迅速蔓延，而美國情報機構最近發佈的一份報告發現，俄羅斯曾意圖通過對民主黨全國委員會(DNC)發起黑客攻擊來影響選舉。