Tag: run-off elections

• Friday, October 19th 2018 - 08:40 UTC

  Facebook's “war room” to combat fake news ahead of Brazil and US elections

  

  During the first round of Brazil's presidential election on 7 October, Facebook staff noticed something suspicious on the social network. A story posted to Facebook incorrectly claimed the election was delayed because of protests. The company's data scientists and operations team scrambled to pull down the misinformation before it went viral.