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Facebook will seek to protect the Mexican elections
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Through an article written by Diego Bassante, Policy and Government Manager for Latin America, as well as various documents that seek to help users distinguish fake news, as well as participate in an informed manner in the elections, Facebook expressed its intention to “ protect the Mexican elections .”
Below we present a summary of that article, with the various actions that the social network reported that it has developed to restrict the distribution of fake news, as well as its new products to create an informed community.
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According to the text, the election in Mexico is a priority for Facebook , which is why they generated substantial changes (for this and other elections) to prevent bad actors from using disinformation to weaken the democratic process.
Among your tools for July 1 are:
Third Party Verification
It consists of partnerships with respected news fact-checkers such as Verified and Agence France-Presse (AFP).
Verified , the verification project led by Animal Político, has been revie Job Function Email Database wing, verifying and classifying the accuracy of news published on Facebook since March. They recently announced that AFP would join these verification efforts in June. Both organizations are part of the International Verifier Network of the journalism organization Poynter.
In addition to text verification , Verificado and AFP have begun using a tool to verify native photos and videos on the platform.
At Facebook they work with fact-checking partners using a combination of technology and human reviews to detect and reduce the distribution of fake news on Facebook. How does it work? They use various indicators, including people's reports on Facebook, to identify potentially fake news that is reviewed by fact-checkers.
When a fact-checker flags the story as false , Facebook significantly reduces its distribution in the News Feed. As an example, in the United States this program allowed the organic reach of news to be reduced by up to 80 percent. Pages and domains that frequently share fake news will also see the distribution of their posts reduced and will lose the ability to advertise their content.
Likewise, they say they want to give people the power to decide which sources they trust and what they want to read and share. When fact-checking allies write articles that deny news, they display those articles in a section called Related Articles next to the false article in the News Section. In addition, they warn people or Page administrators when they are going to share or shared news that has been identified as false.
Facebook will seek to protect the Mexican elections
Electoral integrity
Facebook states that they constantly review the platform – both automatically and manually – in search of illegal activities , and when they notice content that violates our policies, they take action.
Fake accounts . In recent months, we have removed fake accounts that violate our policies and are often used by bad actors to hide illicit activity.
Likes . Additionally, they verified and eliminated more than fake likes that could be used to artificially inflate the popularity of a candidate's Page and increase their credibility.
Identity fraud. They also proactively removed dozens of accounts and Pages that impersonated candidates.
Security Megaphone . This week they sent a notification to the administrators of Political Pages in Mexico to invite them to activate two-step authentication and protect their accounts.
Cooperation with the electoral authority
The social network also signed a collaboration with the National Electoral Institute to strengthen the integrity of elections in Mexico, to encourage citizen participation in the election. This memorandum of understanding with the INE includes:
Activation of Facebook Civic Products
Support for the INE in the transmission of the presidential debates on Facebook Live
Dissemination of materials about news literacy that the INE has distributed
Facebook will seek to protect the Mexican elections
Facebook has provided training to the INE and Electoral Court officials on how the platform works with the purpose of promoting transparency, improving security, and supporting authorities in their investigations.
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Through an article written by Diego Bassante, Policy and Government Manager for Latin America, as well as various documents that seek to help users distinguish fake news, as well as participate in an informed manner in the elections, Facebook expressed its intention to “ protect the Mexican elections .”
Below we present a summary of that article, with the various actions that the social network reported that it has developed to restrict the distribution of fake news, as well as its new products to create an informed community.
[Tweet “On Facebook they reported the ways in which they will help protect the elections in Mexico”]
According to the text, the election in Mexico is a priority for Facebook , which is why they generated substantial changes (for this and other elections) to prevent bad actors from using disinformation to weaken the democratic process.
Among your tools for July 1 are:
Third Party Verification
It consists of partnerships with respected news fact-checkers such as Verified and Agence France-Presse (AFP).
Verified , the verification project led by Animal Político, has been revie Job Function Email Database wing, verifying and classifying the accuracy of news published on Facebook since March. They recently announced that AFP would join these verification efforts in June. Both organizations are part of the International Verifier Network of the journalism organization Poynter.
In addition to text verification , Verificado and AFP have begun using a tool to verify native photos and videos on the platform.
At Facebook they work with fact-checking partners using a combination of technology and human reviews to detect and reduce the distribution of fake news on Facebook. How does it work? They use various indicators, including people's reports on Facebook, to identify potentially fake news that is reviewed by fact-checkers.
When a fact-checker flags the story as false , Facebook significantly reduces its distribution in the News Feed. As an example, in the United States this program allowed the organic reach of news to be reduced by up to 80 percent. Pages and domains that frequently share fake news will also see the distribution of their posts reduced and will lose the ability to advertise their content.
Likewise, they say they want to give people the power to decide which sources they trust and what they want to read and share. When fact-checking allies write articles that deny news, they display those articles in a section called Related Articles next to the false article in the News Section. In addition, they warn people or Page administrators when they are going to share or shared news that has been identified as false.
Facebook will seek to protect the Mexican elections
Electoral integrity
Facebook states that they constantly review the platform – both automatically and manually – in search of illegal activities , and when they notice content that violates our policies, they take action.
Fake accounts . In recent months, we have removed fake accounts that violate our policies and are often used by bad actors to hide illicit activity.
Likes . Additionally, they verified and eliminated more than fake likes that could be used to artificially inflate the popularity of a candidate's Page and increase their credibility.
Identity fraud. They also proactively removed dozens of accounts and Pages that impersonated candidates.
Security Megaphone . This week they sent a notification to the administrators of Political Pages in Mexico to invite them to activate two-step authentication and protect their accounts.
Cooperation with the electoral authority
The social network also signed a collaboration with the National Electoral Institute to strengthen the integrity of elections in Mexico, to encourage citizen participation in the election. This memorandum of understanding with the INE includes:
Activation of Facebook Civic Products
Support for the INE in the transmission of the presidential debates on Facebook Live
Dissemination of materials about news literacy that the INE has distributed
Facebook will seek to protect the Mexican elections
Facebook has provided training to the INE and Electoral Court officials on how the platform works with the purpose of promoting transparency, improving security, and supporting authorities in their investigations.