<p></p><p>Instagram began testing parent company Facebook's third-party fact-checking initiative in the U.S. in May, and Monday, the program was expanded worldwide. The social network's 45 third-party fact-checkers will independently assess and rate false information on Instagram in order to help detect it and reduce its distribution. Instagram said in a blog post that content rated...</p><p>

Instagram began testing parent company Facebook’s third-party fact-checking initiative in the U.S. in May, and Monday, the program was expanded worldwide. The social network’s 45 third-party fact-checkers will independently assess and rate false information on Instagram in order to help detect it and reduce its distribution. Instagram said in a blog post that content rated…