Facebook tests explaining media sources

For its latest attempt to cut down on the sharing of propaganda and made-up stories, Facebook is testing a new button that will pull up more information about a story’s publisher and some context on the article. In an example, Facebook showed how tapping the button — which appears as a small “i” — on an Associated Press story about the recent eclipse will pull up a card explaining what The Associated Press is, related stories about the eclipse, and a heat map of whe