http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-switch/wp/2018/01/22/facebook-admits-it-sometimes-harms-democracy/ >Facebook said Monday that it fell short in preventing the social media network from being used for foreign meddling in the U.S. presidential election. >New blog posts written by Facebook executives appear to be the most critical self-assessment yet of the social media network's effect on American democracy. Samidh Chakrabarti, the company's product manager for civic engagement, said the 2016 presidential election has forced Facebook to confront harsh questions about the role it has played in spreading false information and intensifying divisiveness in the current political climate.