Facebook to create 'war room' to fight fake news, Nick Clegg says
by Alex Hern from Technology | The Guardian on (#47Y8Y)
Dublin operations centre to target political misinformation ahead of EU elections in May
Facebook will tackle political misinformation in the run-up to the EU elections this May with a new "war room" based in Dublin, the company's incoming communications chief, Nick Clegg, has announced.
In his first speech as Facebook's top public face, Clegg said the company would be setting up an "operations centre focused on elections integrity, based in Dublin, this spring". The centre will build on the company's previous experience running an "elections war room" in its US office, where it coordinated efforts to police the platform during the US midterm and Brazilian presidential elections.
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