Facebook announced on Friday, its efforts against US election misinformation. The firm placed warning labels on more than 180 million posts that shared misinformation. According to engadget News, Facebook official explained that 95% of users Facebook They don’t click on warning labels to display posts marked as misinformation.
On other hand,the firm revealed new metrics about the company’s work to combat hate speech. the firm said it removed just over 22 million pieces of hate speech content during the third quarter of 2020, roughly in line with 22.5 million removals from the previous quarter.
Earlier, the firm announced that the temporary ban of political ads will continue for month. The firm decision’s was implemented four days after Joe Biden’s US election victory. The company reported that the temporary pause for ads about politics and social issues in the US continues to be in place as part of their ongoing efforts to protect the election.
On other hand, Facebook group was created which rapidly grew to nearly 400,000 members, members calling for a nationwide recount swapped unfounded accusations about alleged election fraud and state vote counts every few seconds, according to Reuters
Moreover, a number of Republicans have “humored” the president’s refusal to transfer power in spite of an unambiguous election call and Biden’s decisive win in Pennsylvania. Also, the Trump campaign’s last-ditch flurry of legal challenges have presented little so far.
Meanwhile, Facebook Vice President Nick Clegg announced on October, that the firm rejected 2.2 million Facebook and Instagram ads, and 120,000 messages removed for attempting to obstruct the vote in the upcoming US presidential election.
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