Facebook begins discrediting fake news with false Irish slavery story

Facebook has begun rolling out its new feature created to combat the spread of fake news after warnings appeared around an article claiming thousands of Irish people were taken to the US as slaves.
The tool, which the social media company outlined in December, has been implemented in some regions, including San Francisco.
With the help of users and five independent fact checkers- ABC News, AP, FactCheck.org, Politifact and Snopes- Facebook now alerts users attempted to share fake news artic