Facebook to test labels like Satire on funny posts because everyone is too serious on the internet

Facebook has started adding labels to posts from publications or websites on users’ News feeds so that they can distinguish satire from real news.

Facebook is rolling out labels to help people, the gullible kind who believe everything on the internet, to distinguish facts from sarcasm. The social media giant has started adding labels to posts from publications or websites on users’ News feeds so that they can distinguish satire from real news. The move comes in a bid to reduce confusion about articles that are shared on the platform and their origin. The labels will include 'public official,' 'fan page,' and 'satire page.' Facebook is rolling out these labels in the US and will gradually add them to more posts and in more locations. “Starting today in the US, we’re testing a way to give people more context about the Pages they see. We’ll gradually start applying labels including 'public official,' 'fan page' or 'satire page' to posts in News Feed, so people can better understand who they’re coming from,” Facebook tweeted on its Newsroom Twitter handle.