Facebook fights influence-for-hire campaigns
Facebook said Thursday that it had taken down nine deceptive online campaigns as marketing firms make a business of using fake accounts to sway opinions.
May 06, 2021
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Facebook to resume political ads, joining Google
Facebook said Wednesday it would resume accepting US political ads, ending a ban imposed after the November presidential election to stem misinformation.
Mar 03, 2021
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Google to resume political ads, easing ban imposed last month
Google said Monday it would lift its ban on political ads on its platform imposed last month following the turmoil surrounding the violent uprising at the US Capitol.
Feb 22, 2021
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Twitter posts strong Q4 results as user base, revenue jumps
Twitter posted solid results for the last three months of 2020, capping what CEO Jack Dorsey called "an extraordinary year" for the platform. New users signed on in large numbers to follow the world's events in real time ...
Feb 09, 2021
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Twitter, Facebook had even more deceptive news in 2020, study says
Content from discredited websites that masquerade as journalism proliferated on Twitter Inc. and Facebook Inc. in 2020 despite the companies' efforts to stem disinformation, according to research from the German Marshall ...
Feb 03, 2021
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Facebook panel overturns 4 content takedowns in first ruling
Facebook's quasi-independent oversight board issued its first rulings on Thursday, overturning four out of five decisions by the social network to take down questionable content.
Jan 28, 2021
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Twitter troll charged over 2016 US election scam
A right-wing social media influencer was charged on Wednesday with spreading disinformation online that may have prevented thousands of Hillary Clinton supporters from voting in the 2016 presidential election.
Jan 27, 2021
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Twitter suspends 70,000 QAnon accounts in massive purge following deadly Capitol siege, Trump ban
Twitter says it suspended more than 70,000 accounts sharing QAnon content since Friday following the deadly siege on the U.S. Capitol.
Jan 12, 2021
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YouTube to remove misleading videos about the outcome of the U.S. presidential election
YouTube will remove content alleging fraud or errors changed the outcome of the U.S. presidential election starting today, according to a statement by the company.
Dec 10, 2020
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Election, coronavirus, Kobe Bryant among Google's top US trending searches in 2020
Google's trending searches in the U.S. this year were dominated by two topics: the presidential election and the coronavirus.
Dec 09, 2020
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Election
An election is a decision-making process by which a population chooses an individual to hold formal office. This is the usual mechanism by which modern representative democracy fills offices in the legislature, sometimes in the executive and judiciary, and for regional and local government. This process is also used in many other private and business organizations, from clubs to voluntary associations and corporations.
The universal use of elections as a tool for selecting representatives in modern democracies is in contrast with the practice in the democratic archetype, ancient Athens. Elections were considered an oligarchic institution and most political offices were filled using sortition, also known as allotment, by which officeholders were chosen by lot.
Electoral reform describes the process of introducing fair electoral systems where they are not in place, or improving the fairness or effectiveness of existing systems. Psephology is the study of results and other statistics relating to elections (especially with a view to predicting future results).
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