Facebook has been attempting to combat the spread of fake news for a while now and new feature additions for the same find their way to the platform every so often.
On clicking the ‘i’ icon, you will see a pop-up window that notifies you of the reliability and authenticity of the organization who has posted the link. Facebook even tells you how long ago the said domain was registered, which is five years ago for Beebom.com, by pulling data from ICANN’s WHOIS domain information tool.
As you can see in the screenshot above, the pop-up window also show additional links that have been posted to Facebook by this organization – be it a media outlet or not. This is the latest attempt on the social media giant’s part to make its massive 2 billion user base more aware of what content they’re consuming and whether it comes from a reliable source or not.
