Facebook beefs up anti-misinfo efforts ahead of U.S. election

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From Thursday, U.S. Facebook users who post about voting may start seeing an addendum to their messages — labels directing readers to authoritative information about the upcoming presidential election.

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of its civil rights practices faulted the company for leaving U.S. elections “exposed to interference by the President and others who seek to use misinformation to sow confusion and suppress voting.”The effectiveness of such labels will depend on how well Facebook’s artificial intelligence system identifies the posts that really need them, said Ethan Zuckerman, director of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Center for Civic Media.

“This is a unique election and a unique election season,” she said. “Certainly we have never gone through an election during a global pandemic.” Looking ahead to November, Facebook said it is “actively speaking with election officials about the potential of misinformation around election results as an emerging threat.”

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Move over Chuck Schumer - - Aunt Scoldypants Junior has arrived.

Facebook Should Be Renamed to 'Fakebook' It Has Become A Portal to Re-Invent In Real Time, An Other Wise Unproductive Conversation On Mostly Unproductive Issue's That Are Harming More People Than It Helps. The Only People It Benefits Is Facebook & It's Advertisers.

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