Tag: Election Interference

Social Media Giant Facebook has announced a partnership with Washington based Atlantic Council's Digital Forensic Research Lab in a bid to prevent its platform from being used in election meddling. The Research Lab will hold the responsibility to monitor disinformation and other vulnerabilities in elections globally, including in India. The Experts will work closely aligned with Facebook's security, policy and product teams to get in real time insights and updates on information and threats happening around the world. Katie Harbath, Global Politics and Government Outreach Director at Facebook, said, This will help increase the number of 'eyes and ears' we have working to spot potential abuse on our service - enabling us to more effectively identify gaps in our systems, pre-empt obst...