https://www.cnet.com/news/zuckerberg-announces-facebook-election-research-commission/ >Mark Zuckerberg and Facebook want a status update on the relationship between social media and elections.  >The massive social network on Monday launched a new initiative designed to help scholars research the impact of social media on elections. The move comes a day before Facebook's founder and CEO is set to testify to Congress on data misappropriated and used by Cambridge Analytica during the 2016 US presidential election campaign.