Nuked Facebook is planning for possible chaos around the November 3rd us presidential election. Internal tools it’s used before in countries like Sri Lanka and Myanmar.
Plans include slowing the spread of posts as they begin to go viral. They’re strategies Facebook has previously used in so-called’at-risk’ countries.
The WSJ says the tools would only be used in the event of election-related violence or other serious circumstances. Some employees at the company said they were concerned that trying to slow down viral content could unintentionally hide legitimate political discussions.
Facebook’s handling of violent hate speech against rohingya Muslims in Myanmar was widely criticized. The social media giant conceded it was n’t doing enough to help prevent our platform from being used to foment division and incite violence.
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said in a September blog post that the US presidential election’is not going to be business as usual’. He said he was’worried that there could be an increased risk of civil unrest across the country’.
President Trump has repeatedly criticized mail-in voting, which many people are using this election cycle due to the coronavirus pandemic. He’s also declined to say whether he would accept the election results if he loses.
