![]() ![]() ![]() Facebook claims that the size of the team working on this kind of security has tripled to 35,000 compared to the last US election – coincidentally mirroring the increase in money political parties are spending on their digital campaigns. The platform is also taking steps to curb the spread of lies during the forthcoming campaign, as it has prior to recent major global elections. ![]() Rusbridger warned as much in an interview with the BBC in July.įacebook has pledged to warn users about content containing lies, yet it still has only nine fact-checkers in the US, making the task a challenging one to say the least The final board is expected to comprise about 40 people.īut, given the short time between the creation of the board this summer and the US presidential elections, it is unlikely to make much of an impression by the time of the poll in November. Alan Rusbridger, former Editor-in-chief of The Guardian and Julie Owono, a digital rights activist and Executive Director of Internet Sans Frontières (Internet Without Borders), have also accepted the call to arms. It can consider direct appeals from those who believe they have been treated unfairly.Ĭurrently staffed by 20 ‘supporters and critics’, the Board includes a number of legal academics, including Dwight Professor of Law Jamal Greene of Columbia Law School, who specialises in constitutional law and Professor Nicolas Suzor of Queensland University of Technology’s Law School, who is also Chief Investigator of their Digital Media Research Centre. The Board is meant to act as a sort of uber-moderator – able to override the platform's current decision-making processes. Most recently, it created a panel of people, the Oversight Board, to help self-regulate the content published on the site. This year it is expected to reach $1.3bn – three times the amount spent in the run-up to the last US poll during 2016, according to one study.įacebook has launched its own charm offensive to persuade those in power that it is doing everything it can to balance free speech by addressing the rampant spreading of lies – also known as fake news and disinformation. The amount of cash spent on political digital media campaigning has rocketed in the US. And Mark Zuckerberg – Co-founder, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Facebook – is unhappy because he worries the regulations threatened by both of these powerful men could hit profits from political advertising.Īll three have something else in common: they are spending millions of dollars in public relations to get their messages heard, including on social media platforms. Democratic challenger Joe Biden is unhappy because Facebook refuses to take down fake news ads about him. Incumbent President Donald Trump is unhappy because social media giants are stifling conservatives' right to free speech, he says. ![]() The United States presidential elections are in full swing and nobody is happy. Global Insight assesses the implications and chances of success. The tech giant has responded to criticism that it spreads fake news and misinformation by appointing the great and the good to its Oversight Board. Arthur Piper, IBA Technology CorrespondentWednesday 23 September 2020 ![]()
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