Facebook and Misinformation

By beehabeo

  • Facebook says it will hire 3rd party fact-checkers

    Following claims that misinformation on Facebook influenced the 2016 presidential election, Facebook announced that it would hire fact-checkers in an effort to prevent misinformation from being spread on the platform

  • Facebook says ads linked to Russian trolls reached an audience of over 126 million people

  • Mark Zuckerberg testifies before Congress

  • Facebook says it will label misinformation and remove posts that incite violence or hate speech

  • Facebook removes or restricts 10,000 pages associated with the QAnon movement

  • Facebook limits political ads in leadup to the 2020 presidential election

  • Facebook repeatedly labels Donald Trump's posts about winning the election as false

  • Facebook bans Trump from the platform indefinitely, following his perceived role in the Jan. 6 insurrection

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