Facebook launches new 'Perspectives' feature to prevent site from influencing UK election too much

Facebook Perspectives has launched in the UK, becoming the company's latest politically-focused online tool. Mark Zuckerberg recently accepted that the platform has a responsibility to combat the spread of "fake news", and the Facebook CEO wants to clean up the site ahead of the UK general election next month. Perspectives is a new interactive prompt that will appear in your News Feed, directly beneath articles about the general election. Clicking or tapping on it will take you to another Facebook page called Political Party Positions, in which you'll be able to compare the major political parties' perspectives on a number of issues, including housing, energy, the economy and foreign affairs. Aware of the intense scrutiny Perspectives will be subjected to, the company has been keen to stress the tool's apparent impartiality.