In extensively preparing to ward off election turmoil, they raised the bar on their willingness to alter their services to fight misinformation. “The big platforms are running very large teams dedicated to election disinformation to get the level of responsiveness we’ve seen. ADADThe trade-off is particularly evident in Georgia, where Democrats are pressuring Facebook to allow political ads during the Senate runoffs there. But the company has no technical ability to turn on political ads for a specific state or advertiser, Rob Leathern, a Facebook ads executive, tweeted Wednesday. ADAD“With the election now called by multiple sources, we will no longer apply warnings on tweets commenting on the election outcome.

Source: Washington Post November 12, 2020 12:00 UTC