Facebook is launching a Voter Information Centre on Thursday Getty ImagesKEY FACTSThe voting centre is being done in partnership with the Bipartisan Policy Centre and will allow users to check whether they are registered to vote, while directing those who aren’t to information on registering in their state. Despite this, Trump has taken to Facebook and Twitter a number of times to make false claims about mail-in voting being “inaccurate” and “fraudulent” without being fact-checked, despite very little evidence behind the claims. Up until now, Facebook had been adding labels to information about voting below such posts, including by Trump—a feature that was introduced in June. That’s how many American voters are eligible to vote by mail, the largest figure in history, according to the New York Times. Further readingLaunching Our US 2020 Voting Information Center (Facebook)A Record 76% of Americans Can Vote by Mail in 2020 (New York Times)Most Americans Don’t Think The Election Will Be Conducted Fairly, Poll Finds (Forbes)

Source: Forbes August 13, 2020 11:15 UTC