Cybersecurity
Facebook Touts Success Fighting Fake News in German Election
- Company said it deleted ‘tens of thousands’ of fake accounts
- Used new methods to burst filter bubbles and inform electorate
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After witnessing the role fake news and Russian interference played in the U.S. presidential election, many analysts worried a similar phenomenon would also plague last Sunday’s German federal elections.
Facebook Inc., criticized in the U.S. for failing to combat false information on the social network, said it launched a major effort in Germany to combat fake news during the election campaign, deploying new methods it has developed in the months since U.S. President Donald Trump was elected in November.