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Facebook's long and halting fight against misinformation

by Associated Press
| October 18, 2020 3:03 AM

Facebook is facing its toughest challenge yet: an election complicated by a pandemic, a deeply divided nation lured by conspiracy theories and alternate versions of reality. Is it ready? Here are some of the biggest steps and missteps it's taken in the fight against misinformation since 2016.

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