Facebook, Twitter and YouTube will be on high alert on Election Day and afterward for any effort to destabilize the election or delegitimize results.
Author: Jessica Guynn, USA TODAY
QAnon crackdown: Facebook restricts Save the Children hashtag ahead of Election Day
Facebook restricts Save the Children hashtag which QAnon hijacked to push falsehoods about the exploitation of children by Democrats including Biden.
Jack Dorsey testifies that Twitter does not have the ability to influence elections during Senate hearing
The claim came during testy questioning from Sen. Ted Cruz during a hearing in which Dorsey appeared with the CEOs of Facebook and Google.
Facebook throttled Hunter Biden article after being warned by FBI of ‘hack and leak’ operations, Mark Zuckerberg says
Zuckerberg told Congress that Facebook throttled a New York Post article after being warned by law enforcement about ‘hack and leak’ operations.
Trump campaign ‘Election Day is Today’ ads removed by Facebook
The Trump campaign tested the limits of Facebook’s ban on new political ads in the last week of the 2020 election but Facebook removed them.
Trump-led conservatives accuse Big Tech of election interference, escalate bias charges ahead of Senate showdown
At a Capitol Hill hearing, Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg, Twitter’s Jack Dorsey and Google’s Sundar Pichai will face charges they censor conservatives.
Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg calls for Section 230 reform, ‘Congress should update the law’
Mark Zuckerberg will ask Congress to reform Section 230, the law that shields tech companies like his from liability for what users post on platforms.
Facebook election 2020: Mark Zuckerberg online registration drive signs up record 4.4 million voters
Facebook has helped register 4.4 million voters, surpassing Mark Zuckerberg’s goal for the November presidential election and setting a new record.
Debate sets stage for anti-conservative bias charges against Facebook and Twitter over Hunter Biden article
When Trump and Biden take the debate stage Thursday night, Facebook and Twitter may be the ones in the hot seat over charges of anti-conservative bias
LeBron James and Black activists are fighting efforts to misinform Black voters on social media
LeBron James, Black activists are mounting a counteroffensive against a surge of election misinformation on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and WhatsApp.