With just two months left until the US presidential election, Facebook says it is taking more steps to encourage voting, minimise misinformation and reduce the likelihood of post-election 'civil unrest'. 9News
With the nation divided, and election results potentially taking days or weeks to be finalised, there could be an "increased risk of civil unrest across the country", Zuckerberg said.
Under the new measures, Facebook says it will prohibit politicians and campaigns from running new election ads in the week before the election. However, they can still run existing ads and change how they are targeted.Posts with obvious misinformation on voting policies and the coronavirus pandemic will also be removed. Users can only forward articles to a maximum of five others on Messenger, Facebook's messaging app.
Zuckerberg said Facebook had removed more than 100 networks worldwide engaging in such interference over the last few years.
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