Facebook cracks down on voter suppression ahead of U.S. midterm elections

Facebook is expanding its fight against fake news and tackling the most direct way it affects elections: voter suppression.

In a post titled “Expanding Our Policies on Voter Suppression,” Facebook’s public policy manager Jessica Leinwand explains how the social media platform is ramping up its battle against any content that is “designed to deter or prevent people from voting.”

While the company already had policies in place to combat voter suppression tactics from spreading on the site, this latest update extends Facebook’s rules to include spreading fake news about the methods in which users can vote.  Read more…

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