According to a recent Reuters report, social network Facebook is currently conducting a small trial run of a 'satire' tag for 'News' stories which are from satirical news websites, such as The Onion. The 'satire' tag will enable Facebook users to know that the 'News' from the satire websites is not to be taken seriously.

The 'satire' tagging is currently in beta stage and might appear in users' News Feed. Facebook aims to remove any no confusion with regard to the reality of the headlines which they read on their News Feed.

With a number of satirical news websites like The Onion being famous for their almost convincing headlines, and they also have a massive fan following, the 'satire' tagging being experimented by Facebook will essentially help Facebook users to know that the articles from such websites are not to be taken literally.

The 'satire' tagging that Facebook is testing works in such a way that when users click on a satirical news story, Facebook tags all related links to that particular satire story as 'satire.' As such, the potential wider roll out of the 'satire' tagging by Facebook will mean that, along with the usual headlines, the company will also show 'News' stories from satire websites.

As per the Computer World report, Facebook started testing the 'satire' tagging on News Feed more than one month back. The move was apparently rooted in the feedback that Facebook users wanted "a clearer way to distinguish satirical articles from others."