Meta Preps Up For GE15: Facebook Reminder And Instagram Sticker Coming Soon

is hard to deny the ability of these platforms to shape the public conscience to a certain extent and their role could become even more critical during events that may have a huge impact on a country’s future such as elections.

This is something that is not lost on Meta who is already gearing up for the upcoming 15th Malaysian General Election . During a recent briefing with media members, its Head of Politics and Government Outreach for APAC, Roy Tan insists it is part of Meta’s objective to ensure that it is harder for anyone to interfere with elections through the company’s platforms while continuing to allow their users have their voices heard.

Instagram users will also be able to utilize election-related stickers very soon. That being said, its Head of Public Policy for Malaysia, Noudhy Valdryno said that the company is still finalizing the exact designs that these GE15-related deployments will be using.To protect the integrity of Facebook and Instagram, security systems are already in place to help Meta block millions of attempts to create fake accounts.

Despite this, Roy said they are well aware that the appearance of harmful content may intensify during election season. Tapping into all the lessons that they have learned from recent elections throughout the world such as in the United States, Canada, Europe, India, and the Philippines, Meta will be on the look for content on Facebook and Instagram that may discourage the public from voting during GE15 or misdirect them by giving wrong information.

. Once the content is rated as False, Altered, or Partly False, its reach and distribution within Facebook will be greatly reduced.On Instagram, such content would be taken out of the Explore section and would be less prominent in Feed as well as Stories. There would be a label accompanying it too that includes a link that provides additional context from the fact-checker organization.

Source: News Formal (newsformal.com)

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