Hungary: the crucible for faulty efforts by Facebook to banish fake news

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Efforts to tackle abuse have brought the platform into collision with the government

The denunciation filled the front page of one of Hungary’s main newspapers. “Facebook has become a political actor,” declared the pro-government Magyar Nemzet, the latest attack in an escalating campaign against the social media giant.

 

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