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MP exhorts Facebook to up its game in combatting fake news ahead of UK election

on Apr 26, 2017 | 0 comments

By John Glenday

Conservative MP Damian Collins has warned Facebook that it must do more to purge fake news from its platform in the run-up to the UK general election on 8 June as such material poses a threat to the ‘integrity of democracy’.

The chairman of the Commons culture, media and sport select committee, and former M&C Saatchi man, has said the social media giant must follow up strong words with equally strong actions. He implored Facebook to remove fake news within hours, block individuals who repeatedly post misleading and false information and couch suspect posts with Read full story ›

Source: The Drum