2 minutes agoFacebook has stepped up measures to fight false news
Periskopi(9 years ago)
(9 years ago)“Facebook” will provide initial funds for a non-profit organisation aimed at helping protect political parties that are endangered by hackers and propagandistic attacks, as well as voting systems, the world's largest social network said on Wednesday. The initiative, dubbed “The Defense of Digital Democracy”, is directed by former campaign leaders [...]
The initiative, dubbed “The Defense of Digital Democracy”, is led by former heads of the Hillary Clinton and Republican Mitt Romney election campaign.
Facebook, with 2 billion users, has become an easy tool to debate about political education, but was also used as a major platform to spread false news and propaganda during the US presidential race.
“Include Facebook” in this project was made after Chief Executive Marc Zuckerberg said, there would be a crazy “ide” if through “Facebook” has spread false news, and which has impacted the last presidential election in the US, “Business Insider” reported, the Periscope broadcast.
Facebook Security chief Alex Stamos announced the support of this initiative at the opening of the security conference “Black Hat” in Las Vegas on Wednesday.
Stamos gave no details about how much money Facebook would spend.
The project will be managed by Eric Rosenbach, former defence secretary who is co-director of the “Belfer International Science and Affairs Centre” of Kennedy School./Periscopi/
