Facebook Will Hide U.K. Election Posts Flagged by Fact-Checkers Behind Grey Screen

The social network works with Full Fact and FactCheckNI in that nation

Facebook will hide posts related to the upcoming elections in the U.K. that have been rated as illegal, false or partly false by its third-party fact-checkers behind a grey screen.

Product manager, misinformation Antonia Woodford detailed the new feature in a Newsroom post that also featured details on steps the social network has already put in place to protect the election, from: head of U.K. public policy Rebecca Stimson; head of cybersecurity policy Nathaniel Gleicher; director of product, business integrity Rob Leathern; and politics and government outreach manager, U.K.

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