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BY HARPER NEIDIG - 09/13/18 01:34 PM EDT
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said on Thursday that the social network is better equipped to fight potential interference efforts ahead of this year's election than it was in 2016.
In 2016, our election security efforts prepared us for traditional cyberattacks like phishing, malware, and hacking, he wrote in a blog post. We identified those and notified the government and those affected. What we didn't expect were foreign actors launching coordinated information operations with networks of fake accounts spreading division and misinformation.
Today, Facebook is better prepared for these kinds of attacks, he continued.
http://thehill.com/policy/technology/406538-zuckerberg-says-facebook-better-prepared-ahead-of-midterms
That's good to know Mr. Zuckerburg, I am just wondering if you are going to allow the "weekly standard", still be the arbiter site for "fact checking and to be a censor when comes to items being written by an attorney(s)s on Think Progress like Ian Millhiser?
https://thinkprogress.org/facebook-weekly-standard-fact-check-thinkprogress-6176df1d5749/
irisblue
(32,969 posts)turbinetree
(24,695 posts)Sunny Daze
(209 posts)turbinetree
(24,695 posts)ScratchCat
(1,988 posts)by shutting down facebook for 60 days prior to the election? They can bring it back two days after. Why would this be a problem? Very logical solution. Twitter as well.
GemDigger
(4,305 posts)couple hundred Russian bots and quacks.
miyazaki
(2,240 posts)Sherman A1
(38,958 posts)of an effect on my Facebook news feed of my 3 hobbies and the events at the local Botanical Garden and History Museum. He can be prepared, not prepared or whatever floats his boat. I expect the event at the Museum on 19th will still take place.
lagomorph777
(30,613 posts)SWBTATTReg
(22,114 posts)alert button or process to use should they suspect a text/email/tweet of being 'interference' and the like?
Thanks.