A senior Facebook executive has told a US senate committee that the social media giant has made progress in addressing the issue of meddling by foreign interests in American elections. A senior Facebook executive has told a US senate committee that the social media giant has made progress in addressing the issue of meddling by foreign interests in American elections. She told the senate intelligence committee that Facebook is “more determined” than any adversaries seeking to interfere in American democracy. Ms Sandberg said Facebook is working with outside experts, law enforcement and government, but acknowledges that the social media giant does not always have the expertise to determine the source of such threats. The committee is holding the hearing on what it calls social media “influence operations” ahead of mid-term US elections in November.

Source: Irish Independent September 05, 2018 14:37 UTC