In the past few years, companies like Google and Facebook decided to fight the amount of fake news on their sites. After the previously mentioned Cambridge Analytica scandal, Facebook and other tech giants took data protection and fake news battling seriously.
For example, all big social media buy phone number database platforms – Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram started banning profiles and flagging posts that spread false and dangerous information.

Nowadays, this is mostly seen regarding the news about the COVID-19 vaccine. For example, if you haven’t seen these warnings yet, try sharing an Instagram story related to the COVID-19 vaccine. You’ll get a warning from Instagram to fact-check your post before sharing it.