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“2.2 million advertisements were rejected” and “120,000 Facebook and Instagram posts were withdrawn for attempting to obstruct voting”, ahead of the US election.

Facebook vice-president Nick Clegg said in an interview with the

Journal du Dimanche

that “warnings have been posted on 150 million false information verified by independent media.

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Facebook has been stepping up efforts for months not to repeat the trauma of 2016, when its network was used for massive voter manipulation operations, carried out from Russia, during the presidential elections in the United States and on Brexit in the Kingdom -United.

“Thirty-five thousand employees take care of the security of our platforms and contribute to the elections.

We have established partnerships with 70 specialized media, including five in France, in the verification of information ”, describes Nick Clegg.

Artificial intelligence

“We also have artificial intelligence tools.

They have enabled billions of posts and fake accounts to be deleted, even before they are reported by users, ”said the vice president of Facebook.

The site also stores "all advertisements and information such as their funding or provenance for seven years to ensure transparency."

In 2016, the former British deputy prime minister at the JDD, “Facebook had neither identified nor deleted a single foreign network interfering in the election.

Between March and September of this year, we removed 30 malicious networks around the world, some targeting the United States ”.

In early October, Facebook had removed more than 300 accounts and pages, active on Facebook and Instagram.

He had established a link with a marketing firm, Rally Forge, which works for Turning Point USA, an organization that aims to mobilize students around Donald Trump, especially in states where the election is particularly close.

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