Associated Press will identify and debunk fake US midterm election news stories on Facebook

The Associated Press (AP) announced that it will expand its collaboration with Facebook to “identify and debunk” false and misleading stories related to the US midterm election that are circulating on the platform.
The collaboration began in 2016, when the publication and the social network worked together to reduce circulation of “fake news” stories, after some 126 million users had. This expansion will leverage the presence of AP reporters in 50 states in orde