Facebook, Social Media Companies Urged by US Groups to Act Against Election Disinformation
Social media companies including Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and TikTok must act now to blunt the effect of false information - including Donald Trump's "Big Lie" that his 2020 defeat was the result of fraud - in this year's US midterm congressional elections, rights groups said on Thursday.Social media platforms backed away from policies designed to fight election disinformation after the 2020 presidential race won by US Democratic President Joe Biden, more than 100 advocacy groups, led by Common Cause, said in a letter…