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Google Quieter On Election Misinformation As Midterms Loom

August 11, 2022 by DC Editors Leave a Comment

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Google Quieter On Election Misinformation As Midterms LoomGoogle has the capability to track misinformation. As midterms loom, however, the global information giant is quieter on election misinformation. This article by Amanda Seitz, is published by AP News. Here is an excerpt:

Facebook owner Meta is quietly curtailing some of the safeguards designed to thwart voting misinformation or foreign interference in U.S. elections as the November midterm vote approaches.

It’s a sharp departure from the social media giant’s multibillion-dollar efforts to enhance the accuracy of posts about U.S. elections and regain trust from lawmakers and the public after their outrage over learning the company had exploited people’s data and allowed falsehoods to overrun its site during the 2016 campaign.

The pivot is raising alarm about Meta’s priorities and about how some might exploit the world’s most popular social media platforms to spread misleading claims, launch fake accounts and rile up partisan extremists.

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