Facebook: we were too slow to recognise our 'corrosive' effect on democracy

Social network hiring 10,000 more staff to combat spread of fake news, and harassment use of Facebook as a weapon in 'cyberwar'

Facebook has admitted to being "too slow to recognise" Russian election interference, but says that social networks simply reflect human intent, "good and bad".

In a blogpost, Facebook product manager Samidh Chakrabarti says that "at its best, [social media] allows us to express ourselves and take action. At its worst, it allows people to spread misinformation and corrode democracy.