Big Tech Firms Move To Squash Deceptive Info on Ukraine Crisis
Facebook, Twitter and Google have made moves to prevent their platforms from being weaponized by purveyors of misinformation about the crisis in Ukraine.
Meta, Facebook’s parent company, has announced a new special operations center staffed by experts, including native Russian and Ukrainian speakers, to monitor the social network 24/7 to respond to issues in real-time.
The company also added features in Ukraine and Russia to help users protect the information in their accounts.
In addition, Meta stated it’s taking extensive steps to fight the spread of misinformation by beefing up third-party fact-checking in Ukraine and Russia, and providing more transparency around state-controlled media outlets, as well as prohibiting ads from Russian state media and demonetizing their accounts — a move that resulted in the Kremlin partially restricting Facebook access in Russia.
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