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Follow on Google News | Mark Zuckerberg Announces 'Facebook Protect' to deal with misinformationPrior to the November 2020 elections, Facebook takes major steps to upkeep transparency
With the elections in the USA scheduled to be held next year, Facebook is taking steps to avoid any sort of misinformation being spread using its platforms.. For this, they have introduced Facebook Protect, a feature which is made available for all the presidential candidates and their aids. Users need to enroll into the program in order to safeguard their respective accounts. This is a feature which is meant to prevent any maligning posts, videos, ads, etc, from being posted in the aforementioned profiles by third parties. Another aspect was the absence of any fact-checking in the campaign ads during the previous elections in 2016. It has been claimed that several voters were influenced in their decisions as a result of these. To prevent it this time around, all the elections related ads are being checked by independent fact-checking agencies so that the false ones can be labeled. This way, voters will not be misled by any incorrect claims. Furthermore, they are believed to be taking steps to stop the interference of other countries in any aspects of the upcoming elections. According to Mark Zuckerberg, "Things are different this time around and we have made a lot of changes to avoid misinformation related to the upcoming elections. We are comparatively more prepared than last time and have employed <a href="https://www.launchship.com/ End
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