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Facebook is now actively demoting false election posts and limiting livestreams in an attempt to crack down on growing misinformation about votes

This marks Facebook taking a more active role in curbing the spread of misinformation. Up until now, the platform had focused on adding labels to posts, rather than limiting their reach.

"While many of these claims have low engagement on our platform, we are taking additional temporary steps ... to keep this content from reaching more people," it said. Thursday. This may include "an additional click or two," they said. It is unclear whether this is related to the measures Facebook mentioned to Forbes.The pop-up message encouraging users to visit Facebook's voting information page will appear on election posts that are labeled. These labels include:

 

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Funny... Facebook has locked me out of my account & has not sent me a recovery email ...going on day 3 CensorshipIsReal HitlerLikesThis FascismoFueraDeTwitter

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I'm intrigued. Which crystal ball owning Facebook intern gets to decide ? Or are they using Twitter rules - everything one side posts is misinformation, everything the other side posts is gospel ?

Now?!?

This is the morning of November 6th.

What's up with the timing Facebook

Facebook and faux, inadvertently supported my msm has managed to radicalize the 'silent majority'.

Facebook acting like a nasist ... Suppressing and shutting up like people congratulations 

So any post that strays from the liberal establishment corporate controlled news media narrative is deemed false?

About 6 years too late but ok

Facebook, late to the party. Again. Fu*k Facebook, which has done more to damage America than just about anything...

good

Too little, too late, Mark.

We need a sleepy joe, sleep.. sleep.. don't hit send.. sleep.

it took 4 years... they waited trump get busted... cowards

Looks like Zuckerberg as a hint of testicular fortitude after all.

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