Facebook can not guarantee European elections without interference: Mark Zuckerberg

Facebook Inc is way better than in 2016 to fight against electoral interference, but can not guarantee that the site will not be used to undermine the European Parliament elections in May, said Tuesday the chief executive, Mark Zuckerberg.

Hunted since suspected Russian agents used Facebook and other social media to influence an election that has surprisingly brought Donald Trump to power in the United States, Facebook said it had dedicated resources and staff to the protection of the EU vote of 26 May.

Zuckerberg said that there had been many important elections since 2016 that were relatively clean and demonstrated the defenses she built to protect their integrity.

"We have certainly made a lot of progress … But no, I do not think anyone can guarantee in a world where nation-states are trying to interfere in elections, we can not do anything and say that we are d & rsquo; # 39; agreement. We have now solved the problem, "Zuckerberg told Irish national broadcaster RTE in an interview.

"This is an ongoing arms race in which we are constantly strengthening our defenses and where these sophisticated governments are changing their tactics."

US intelligence agencies have concluded that Russia is conducting a misinformation and hacking operation to undermine the US democratic process and help Republican Trump's 2016 campaign. Moscow denies interfering in the election.

Under pressure from European regulators to do more to avoid foreign interference in the bloc's upcoming legislative elections, Facebook tightened its rules on political advertising in Europe last week.

He also announced his intention to intensify his efforts to combat misinformation before the vote and will badociate with the German press agency DPA to strengthen his verification of the facts.

"Here in the EU, for the next elections, we bring the whole battery of all the strategies and tools that have worked very well during important elections so far, I've so a lot of confidence, "said Zuckerberg during a trip to Dublin, headquarters of Facebook's international headquarters.

"But I think we should expect some of those countries that are trying to interfere to keep trying, so we have to stay ahead of that and continue doing this work in order to stay ahead."