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The largest social networking network in the world is under pressure from regulators and the public Cambridge Athletica British consulting firms have improperly obtained data on millions of US users to channel their election propaganda.
Concerns about misinformation and interference have increased Elections This year, the European Parliament and several European countries, including Belgium and Finland, are carrying it out.
Nick Clegg, who recently held the position of global business director at Facebook, said at a press conference "We will ask those who want to make politics and make announcements to be allowed to do it ", With a presentation" Disclaimer "Includes the entity that paid for the advertisement.
Clegg, former Deputy Prime Minister and Prime Minister, added Facebook Last October, the new tools to be launched at the end of March were aimed at protecting the integrity of the European Union elections in the spring.
Facebook said the transparency of the election campaign would be available worldwide by the end of June, while it would be launched in India in February before its elections in Ukraine and Israel before theirs.
"In a statement" Today, more than 30,000 people in the company are working on security measures, three times more than in 2017. "
Clegg said the new methods are similar to those used in the mid-term congressional elections, where all political ads are stored in a library where the public can search for seven years.
This includes information such as the amount of money spent, the number of times the ad was broadcast, the person who paid the money and the demographics of those who l? have seen, including age, bad and location.
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The largest social network in the world is subject to pressure from regulators and the public after it turned out that the British consulting firm Cambridge Analytics had misappropriated data to allow millions of dollars. 39, US users to campaign.
Fears of misinformation and interference have increased due to elections organized by the European Parliament and a number of European countries, including Belgium and Finland, this year.
"We will be asking those who want to make politics and make announcements to be allowed," said Nick Clegg, who recently became global director of Facebook's business, at a press conference, with a "news conference". disclaimer "including who paid the price.
Clegg, a former British vice-premier and nominated by Facebook last October, said the new tools, which should be launched at the end of March, were aimed at protecting the integrity of the spring elections of the day. 39; EU.
Facebook said the transparency of the election campaign would be available worldwide by the end of June, while it would be launched in India in February before its elections in Ukraine and Israel before theirs.
"Today, more than 30,000 people in the company are working on security measures, three times more than in 2017," the statement said.
Clegg said the new methods are similar to those used in the mid-term congressional elections, where all political ads are stored in a library where the public can search for seven years.
This includes information such as the amount of money spent, the number of times the ad was broadcast, the person who paid the money and the demographics of those who l? have seen, including age, bad and location.
