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Facebook Backs German Election Integrity Initiatives

January 23, 2019 by DC Editors Leave a Comment

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German Election Integrity Initiatives

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Facebook has launched German initiatives to defend election integrity and examine the ethics of artificial intelligence (AI), its operations chief said on Sunday, seeking to convince sceptics it is serious about privacy and democracy.

The world’s largest social network had a tough 2018 as it was buffeted by revelations that UK consultancy Cambridge Analytica had improperly acquired data on millions of its US users to target election advertising.

Founder Mark Zuckerberg has been grilled by lawmakers on the data lapses and, according to newspaper reports, US regulators are discussing fining Facebook for violating a binding agreement to protect the privacy of its users.

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Filed Under: International Democracy Tagged With: Europe, Germany, Internet and Democracy, Social Media and Democracy, Voting Technology

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