Facebook staff set-up unofficial task force to combat fake news

Facebook staff have created an unofficial task force dedicated to questioning the circulation of fake news on the site in the run up to US President Trump’s victory.

Buzzfeed News reports that "more than dozens" of Facebook employees have joined forces, and have already rebutted a statement made by Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg at a conference last week that the argument that fake news on Facebook affected the election was “a pretty crazy idea.”