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Facebook’s Long and Halting Fight Against Misinformation
Facebook is facing its toughest challenge around misinformation on the social network ahead of the US elections. Here are some of the biggest steps and missteps it has taken to fight it since 2016.
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Twitter, Facebook Take Fresh Steps To Curb Election Manipulation By State-Affiliated Media
Twitter and Facebook on Thursday announced moves to thwart efforts to deceive or divide voters as the US nears a contentious presidential election.
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Facebook Says It Is Getting Better at Protecting Elections
Facebook will do a better job of preventing bad actors from abusing its platform to manipulate this year's US presidential election than it did four years ago, its public affairs chief Nick Clegg said on Monday.
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Facebook Gives Users Some Control Over How They See Political Ads Ahead of US Elections
Facebook said on Thursday it was making some changes to its approach to political ads, including allowing users to turn off certain ad-targeting tools, but the updates stop far short of critics' demands and what rival companies have pledged to do.
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Facebook Unveils New Security Measures For 2020 US Elections
Facebook said Monday it was tightening its security for the 2020 US elections, with stepped up scrutiny of "state controlled" media seeking to manipulate American voters.
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Whistleblower Christopher Wylie Tells Inside Story Of Cambridge Analytica
Whistleblower Christopher Wylie tells the inside story of Cambridge Analytica, particularly the data mining and psychological manipulation behind the election of Donald Trump and the Brexit referendum, the nexus with Facebook and the vulnerabilities democracies face, in his memoir.
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US Elections 2020: Facebook Exempts Political Speech From Fact-Checking
Facebook will not fact-check the statements politicians post to the site, the social network announced on Tuesday ahead of the US 2020 elections, even as it works to discredit false information meant to manipulate public opinion.
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Facebook To Fund Research On Social Media Impact On Elections
Facebook announced Monday its first research grants to academics studying the impact of social media on elections, part of an effort to prevent manipulation of social platforms.
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Facebook Launches 'War Room' to Combat Election Manipulation
Facebook, which has been blamed for doing too little to prevent misinformation efforts by Russia and others in the 2016 US election, now wants the world to know it is taking aggressive steps with initiatives like the war room.
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Facebook 'Better Prepared' for Election Meddling, Zuckerberg Says
Zuckerberg, posting on his Facebook page, outlined a series of steps the leading social network has taken to protect against misinformation and manipulation campaigns aimed at disrupting elections.
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Twitter, Facebook Takedowns Show Quandary In Curbing Manipulation
Facebook and Twitter unveiled fresh crackdowns on misinformation campaigns from Russia and Iran as analysts warned of more efforts to manipulate public debate ahead of the November US elections.
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Facebook, Google 'Manipulate' Users to Share Data Despite EU Law: Study
The report exposed that Facebook and Google often set the least privacy-friendly option as a default and that users rarely change pre-selected settings.
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"Need Commitment That Facebook, Other Won't Manipulate Polls": House Panel
A parliamentary panel today directed IT ministry officials to get a "written commitment" from Facebook and other social networking sites that their platforms would not be used to manipulate Indian elections, a member present at the meeting said.
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Cambridge Analytica Data Scandal Updates: Reactions From BJP, Congress On Facebook Data Leak
Facebook is facing surging scrutiny in Europe and the US over allegations that London-based Cambridge Analytica, a political consultancy firm, illegally accessed what users shared, to build profiles on American voters. This was later used to aid Donald Trump's election as US President in 2016 and the Brexit campaign among others. Both BJP and Congr...
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Facebook Beefing Up Team To Thwart Election Manipulation
Facebook on Monday said it will hire more than 1,000 people to thwart deceptive ads crafted to knock elections off course.
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Facebook’s Long and Halting Fight Against Misinformation
Facebook is facing its toughest challenge around misinformation on the social network ahead of the US elections. Here are some of the biggest steps and missteps it has taken to fight it since 2016.
-
Twitter, Facebook Take Fresh Steps To Curb Election Manipulation By State-Affiliated Media
Twitter and Facebook on Thursday announced moves to thwart efforts to deceive or divide voters as the US nears a contentious presidential election.
-
Facebook Says It Is Getting Better at Protecting Elections
Facebook will do a better job of preventing bad actors from abusing its platform to manipulate this year's US presidential election than it did four years ago, its public affairs chief Nick Clegg said on Monday.
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Facebook Gives Users Some Control Over How They See Political Ads Ahead of US Elections
Facebook said on Thursday it was making some changes to its approach to political ads, including allowing users to turn off certain ad-targeting tools, but the updates stop far short of critics' demands and what rival companies have pledged to do.
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Facebook Unveils New Security Measures For 2020 US Elections
Facebook said Monday it was tightening its security for the 2020 US elections, with stepped up scrutiny of "state controlled" media seeking to manipulate American voters.
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Whistleblower Christopher Wylie Tells Inside Story Of Cambridge Analytica
Whistleblower Christopher Wylie tells the inside story of Cambridge Analytica, particularly the data mining and psychological manipulation behind the election of Donald Trump and the Brexit referendum, the nexus with Facebook and the vulnerabilities democracies face, in his memoir.
-
US Elections 2020: Facebook Exempts Political Speech From Fact-Checking
Facebook will not fact-check the statements politicians post to the site, the social network announced on Tuesday ahead of the US 2020 elections, even as it works to discredit false information meant to manipulate public opinion.
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Facebook To Fund Research On Social Media Impact On Elections
Facebook announced Monday its first research grants to academics studying the impact of social media on elections, part of an effort to prevent manipulation of social platforms.
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Facebook Launches 'War Room' to Combat Election Manipulation
Facebook, which has been blamed for doing too little to prevent misinformation efforts by Russia and others in the 2016 US election, now wants the world to know it is taking aggressive steps with initiatives like the war room.
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Facebook 'Better Prepared' for Election Meddling, Zuckerberg Says
Zuckerberg, posting on his Facebook page, outlined a series of steps the leading social network has taken to protect against misinformation and manipulation campaigns aimed at disrupting elections.
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Twitter, Facebook Takedowns Show Quandary In Curbing Manipulation
Facebook and Twitter unveiled fresh crackdowns on misinformation campaigns from Russia and Iran as analysts warned of more efforts to manipulate public debate ahead of the November US elections.
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Facebook, Google 'Manipulate' Users to Share Data Despite EU Law: Study
The report exposed that Facebook and Google often set the least privacy-friendly option as a default and that users rarely change pre-selected settings.
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"Need Commitment That Facebook, Other Won't Manipulate Polls": House Panel
A parliamentary panel today directed IT ministry officials to get a "written commitment" from Facebook and other social networking sites that their platforms would not be used to manipulate Indian elections, a member present at the meeting said.
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Cambridge Analytica Data Scandal Updates: Reactions From BJP, Congress On Facebook Data Leak
Facebook is facing surging scrutiny in Europe and the US over allegations that London-based Cambridge Analytica, a political consultancy firm, illegally accessed what users shared, to build profiles on American voters. This was later used to aid Donald Trump's election as US President in 2016 and the Brexit campaign among others. Both BJP and Congr...
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Facebook Beefing Up Team To Thwart Election Manipulation
Facebook on Monday said it will hire more than 1,000 people to thwart deceptive ads crafted to knock elections off course.
