I would trust the FBI to oversee "election security" a lot more than I ever would Facebook.
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It's not just combating disinformation. Efforts to suppress voting undermine our core values as a company, which is why we've expanded our policies and technical capabilities to further reduce this type of content on Facebook. In the 2018 midterms, we removed more than 45,000 pieces of misleading content aimed at suppressing voting and we proactively found more than 90% of this content before anyone reported it.Across our elections security work, a key piece of our strategy is giving voters more information about what they are seeing and who is behind it. That means stronger verification for people that want to run political ads, forcing them to prove they're actually located within the country where they plan to run ads. We also provide unprecedented transparency into the ads that political campaigns are running, including who paid for them, where they ran, and information on who the ads reached. And we're increasing transparency around the people or groups who are running Facebook Pages or posting content trying to influence people's votes, so you can better decide what to read, trust, and share.
And although we've made the decision that a private company shouldn't keep voters from hearing what their politicians say, that doesn't mean anything goes in political advertising on Facebook. We rigorously enforce our rules that prohibit hate speech, violence, real world harm, voter suppression, and election interference. We've also partnered with 56 independent fact-checking organizations in 44 languages to give people even more information about what they are seeing. We also foster civic participation and prevent misinformation about when elections are being held through our "Election Day" reminders.
When Iowans go to caucus this year, they should do so knowing that Facebook has made wholesale improvements to how we approach election security. But you should also know that we're not resting on any progress and continue to find ways to improve. We remain committed to fighting election interference, increasing transparency, and giving more people more information about what they see online. Those trying to attack our democracy won't let up, and neither will we.
(Article changed on January 24, 2020 at 15:12)
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