Facebook Fake News

Facebook hired the audit's leader, former American Civil Liberties Union executive Laura Murphy, in May 2018 to assess its performance on vital social issues.

Worries have run high ahead of the November 2020 polls following revelations of a wide-ranging misinformation campaign on Facebook and other social platforms in the 2016 elections

It emerged during the conference that none of the major social media companies has any board-level positions dedicated to tackling fake news

Experts question whether new techniques are being missed

While Rappler's fact checkers work closely with Facebook to investigate and report their findings, they believe the company could do much more

The social media giant has done some work in the first half of this year to combat fake news all around the world

The social media giants have time until January 18 to hand over information the committee has requested

Instead, the social media giant will use its Related Articles tool to fight misinformation in its News Feed

The flaws highlight a fundamental question that will be asked this week when internet companies testify in front of Congressional committees