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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Via AP news wire

EXPLAINED: Meta trims election misinformation efforts as midterms loom | Vintage Vibes

Copyright 2021 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.

Facebook owner Meta is quietly curtailing some of the safeguards designed to thwart voting misinformation or foreign interference in U.S. elections as the November midterm vote approaches.

It's a sharp departure from the social media giant's multibillion-dollar efforts to enhance the accuracy of posts about U.S. elections and regain trust from lawmakers and the public after their outrage over learning the company had exploited people’s data and allowed falsehoods to overrun its site during the 2016 campaign.

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