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Since the very beginning of the Internet we have heard the Internet is a great tool for finding information and sharing knowledge. However, it seems with the quickly specially misleading information which became viral. Indeed, fake news is a plague which often .
The fake news problem has gained traction on the election of Donald Trump in 2016 in which its is believed had external . What has resulted in popular social-media companies such as and suspending 's account amid in the storming of the United States Capitol . At the same time, the social-media , a popular platform among conservatives, went offline due to technical difficulties .
Currently, fighting fake news is a top priority for social-media companies and other tech giants. Facebook relies on the which may label the content as false, altered or partly false which is stamped on the content and makes it appear less often on time lines. a tool that counts with reputable volunteers to label a content as "true" or "false". Google has its suite which has an interface to easily search for fact checks and a tool for generating markup to fact-checking articles which helps to understand the context.
Q&A sites such as stack overflow is a possible approach towards a new tool to fight fake news. It is possible to use Stack Exchange platform, but it seems it should be . It is probably not easy because it needs to be approved and probably stack exchange platform should be slightly changed for fact checking context. The overall concept of voting to answers is great, but it should have a way to label an answer saying the claim is "true", "false" and may be "inconclusive".