Social media giant Facebook Inc said on Friday it would block electoral advertis...
SYDNEY - Social media giant Facebook Inc said on Friday it would block electoral advertisements purchased outside Australia from being displayed there ahead of a national election due in May.
“Combating foreign interference is a key pillar of our approach to safeguarding elections on our platform,” Mia Garlick, Facebook’s Director of Policy for Australia and New Zealand, said in a statement. Policing content has become a massive global problem with no template for consistently preventing fake news online or eliminating it.
Facebook said it would launch a fact-checking service in Australia in partnership with news agency Agence France-Presse, and that it would be removing fake accounts and reducing the prominence of sensational stories in its newsfeeds.
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