Nation Nov 03 Pennsylvania emerges as online misinformation hot spot Misleading claims have spread for hours on social media about polling machine outages in Scranton and a poll worker destroying ballots cast for President Donald Trump.
Nation Oct 18 Is Facebook really ready for the 2020 election? Ever since Russian agents and other opportunists abused its platform in an attempt to manipulate the 2016 U.S. presidential election, Facebook has insisted — repeatedly — that it’s learned its lesson and is no longer a conduit for misinformation, voter…
Nation Oct 15 YouTube follows Twitter and Facebook with QAnon crackdown The Google-owned video platform said Thursday it will now prohibit material targeting a person or group with conspiracy theories that have been used to justify violence.
Politics Oct 07 Facebook braces for a contested election Facebook said it's readied new safeguards for the 2020 U.S. elections that have it better prepared to deal with candidates who prematurely declare victory or contest official results.
Politics Oct 06 Facebook says it will ban groups that ‘represent’ QAnon The move comes less than two months after Facebook said it would stop promoting the group and its adherents — but faltered with spotty enforcement.
Science Aug 27 Calls for vigilantes spread on social media before deadly Kenosha attack Multiple threads on Facebook and Reddit urged militias and other armed people to head to the protests, researchers at the Atlantic Council’s Digital Forensic Research Lab said in a blog post Wednesday.
Nation Aug 19 Facebook bans some, but not all, QAnon groups, accounts Facebook says it will restrict the right-wing conspiracy movement QAnon and will no longer recommend that users join groups supporting it, although the company isn't banning it outright.
Politics Aug 13 Facebook beefs up anti-misinformation efforts ahead of U.S. election Beginning Thursday, U.S. Facebook users who post about voting may start seeing labels directing readers to authoritative information about the upcoming presidential election.
Nation Jul 08 Facebook civil rights audit finds ‘serious setbacks’ marred progress The audit recommends that Facebook build a “civil rights infrastructure” into every aspect of the company, as well as a “stronger interpretation” of existing voter suppression policies and more concrete action on algorithmic bias.
Politics Jun 26 Facebook to label all rule-breaking posts, including Trump’s CEO Mark Zuckerberg had previously refused to take action against Trump posts suggesting that mail-in ballots will lead to voter fraud. Twitter, by contrast, placed a "get the facts" label on them.