: Facebook on Thursday launched its voting information center as internet platforms unveiled fresh moves to protect the November US election from manipulation and interference.
Google separately announced new features for its search engine to provide detailed information about how to register and vote, directing users to local election administrators. The announcements come a day after an industry group that includes Google, Microsoft, Reddit, Pinterest and Twitter met with federal agencies including the FBI’s foreign influence task force to step up coordination on election interference.
The tactic typically involves state-sponsored actors giving hacked information to traditional media, then exploiting social media platforms to spread the stories, according to Gleicher.Facebook said the voter hub would evolve with the election season, from focusing on registration and poll-worker volunteering matters to how to vote in the pandemic and then tallying of ballots.
US President Donald Trump has made unsubstantiated claims about the reliability of voting by mail, a process he taken advantage of himself.