Facebook Election

• Is Facebook ready for the U.S. presidential election?

  ``This election is not going to be business as usual,'' Zuckerberg wrote in a September Facebook post in which he outlined Facebook's efforts to encourage voting and remove misinformation from its service. ``We all have a responsibility to protect our democracy.''

  Politics

  Oct 18, 2020
  
• Mark Zuckerberg a no-show at rare international lawmakers meeting on Facebook

  Lawmakers from Canada, Ireland, Brazil, Argentina, Singapore, Belgium, France and Latvia joined their British counterparts at the parliamentary select committee hearing.

  World

  Nov 27, 2018
  
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• Facebook board says it pushed Mark Zuckerberg to ‘move faster’ on Russia interference probe

  The board called any suggestion that Facebook's senior leadership attempted to thwart or ignore these investigations is 'grossly unfair.'

  Consumer

  Nov 15, 2018
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• Facebook unveils its ‘war room’ — an attempt to stop election meddling ahead of midterms

  Facebook is showing off its new "war room," a centre for combating fake accounts and bogus news stories ahead of upcoming elections.

  Tech

  Oct 18, 2018
• Facebook to test ad transparency features in Canada as scrutiny mounts

  "When it comes to advertising on Facebook, people should be able to tell who the advertiser is and see the ads they’re running, especially for political ads," said Facebook in a statement.

  Politics

  Oct 28, 2017
• Twitter briefing to U.S. investigators called ‘deeply disappointing’ by senator

  "Their response was, frankly, inadequate on almost every level," Senator Mark Warner.

  World

  Sep 28, 2017
• Mark Zuckerberg explains why he thinks fake news on Facebook did not influence the US election

  Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg continues to deny allegations that fake news articles circulating on the social network may have swayed the outcome of the U.S. presidential election.

  Tech

  Nov 14, 2016