Facebook will take aggressive measures if US election descends into civic unrest: Report

Facebook’s he of global affairs, Nick Clegg, reportedly said that company will take aggressive measures in a bid to stop circulations of content if upcoming US presidential election descends into chaos or violent civic unrest. According to Financial Times, Facebook’s executive said that company h drawn up plans for how to handle a range of outcomes, including widespre civic unrest or ‘political dilemmas’ of having in-person votes counted more rapidly than mail-in ballots. 

social media giant has been repeatedly accused of filtering out posts or simply t filtering content eugh. It has been accused of moulding narratives that influence elections in any major country. However, Facebook has w decided to assess its role in upcoming US elections.

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Zuckerberg ‘worried’ about ‘risk of civil unrest’ 

Earlier this month, Facebook’s CEO Mark Zuckerberg h warned that re could be an increased risk of civil unrest across country, citing polarisation in United States, especially at a time when face masks have also been politicised. Zuckerberg said that he is ‘worried’ that with a nation that is ‘so divided’ and with election results potentially taking days or even weeks to be finalised, re could be an increased risk of civil unrest across US. 

Facebook anunced ditional steps to encour voting, connect people with authoritative information, and fight misinformation. Zuckerberg said changes reflect what y have learned from ir elections work over past four years and conversations y have h with voting rights experts and our civil rights auditors.

social media platform h anunced that a week before vember 3 election, company would stop accepting new political s. Zuckerberg said that re may t be eugh time to contest new claims in final days of elections, prompting social media to decline new political or issue requests. Although, he also highlighted that vertisers will be able to continue running s y started it before final week and will also be able to just targeting for those s. 

(Im: AP)

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