Facebook’s holiday gift is a tool to check your engagement with Russian propaganda

Facebook’s holiday gift is a tool to check your engagement with Russian propaganda

6 years ago
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https://qz.com/1165366/facebooks-holiday-gift-is-a-tool-to-check-your-engagement-with-russian-propaganda/

Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg must have only reluctantly offered up his company’s Christmas gift to users in the US and UK. Very quietly, on Dec. 22, the Friday before Christmas, Facebook rolled out a tool for users to check their engagement with Russian propaganda. It appeared on the site with no official announcement.

Presumably, the social media giant wants to regain lost trust and maintain relevance after admitting Russian propagandists manipulated the platform’s readers during critical 2016 political events, like the US election and the UK’s Brexit vote. Facebook first announced it was developing the tool in November. On Dec. 22, the news that it was live could be found on the top of a Facebook Help Center page entitled “What is our action plan against foreign interference?”

Facebook’s holiday gift is a tool to check your engagement with Russian propaganda

Dec 26, 2017, 11:14am UTC
https://qz.com/1165366/facebooks-holiday-gift-is-a-tool-to-check-your-engagement-with-russian-propaganda/ >Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg must have only reluctantly offered up his company’s Christmas gift to users in the US and UK. Very quietly, on Dec. 22, the Friday before Christmas, Facebook rolled out a tool for users to check their engagement with Russian propaganda. It appeared on the site with no official announcement. >Presumably, the social media giant wants to regain lost trust and maintain relevance after admitting Russian propagandists manipulated the platform’s readers during critical 2016 political events, like the US election and the UK’s Brexit vote. Facebook first announced it was developing the tool in November. On Dec. 22, the news that it was live could be found on the top of a Facebook Help Center page entitled “What is our action plan against foreign interference?”