Facebook Is Failing in Global Disinformation Fight, Says Former Worker
Posted on AllSides September 25th, 2020
From The Left
While Facebook has heralded improvements to its fight against disinformation in the United States, it has been slow to deal with fake accounts that have affected elections around the world, according to a post published by a former employee.
The employee, who worked on a Facebook team dedicated to rooting out so-called inauthentic activity on the service, said executives ignored or were slow to react to her repeated warnings about the problem.
“In the three years I’ve spent at Facebook, I’ve found multiple blatant attempts by foreign national governments to...
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