By John Glenday

Facebook has moved to elevate Alex Hardiman, formerly of the New York Times, to its head of news products as it finally puts in place a figurehead to tackle its growing fake news problem head-on.

Hardiman will be tasked with rooting out fabricated and misleading articles from the platform while also working alongside publishers to pen a greater amount of official news features in a rapid ascension within the social media organisation – having only joined the business in summer last year.

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Source: The Drum