Facebook announced Monday that it will not submit speech by politicians to its new independent fact checkers, and 'generally allow it on the platform even when it would otherwise breach our normal content rules.'
post by Nick Clegg, Facebook VP of Global Affairs and Communication, the social network announced on Monday that it will not submit speech by politicians to its new independent fact checkers, and"generally allow it on the platform even when it would otherwise breach our normal content rules."
Other measures the website will undertake to ensure there will be no electoral interference include cracking down on fake accounts and expanding its staff by 30,000 people. There will be a specific measure used to combat deepfakes—using computer graphics to create convincing fake videos and audio of celebrities and politicians saying things they didn't. The Deepfake Detection Challenge, which will include a partnership with companies like Microsoft and universities like MIT, Berkeley and Oxford to create technology to uncover deepfakes.
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