Facebook must tackle 'Spanish-language disinformation crisis', lawmakers say

Campaign comes amid warnings that company removes Spanish misinformation less consistently than English material

Members of Congress and activist groups have called on Facebook to address its Spanish-language disinformation crisis", urging the company to make major policy changes on the platforms it owns.

In a new campaign launched on Tuesday and coordinated by the Real Facebook Oversight Board, an advocacy group, the Democratic representative Tony Cardenas of California and groups including Free Press Action, the Center for American Progress and the National Hispanic Media Coalition charge that Facebook is not doing enough to combat rampant Spanish-language disinformation" circulating on Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram that is putting Latino communities at risk.