Facebook, which has been under fire for the misuse of its platform to promote politically motivated and fake news, said it would take more preventive measures to keep candidates from using it to manipulate the election's outcome and its aftermath; tensions grew amid Donald Trump's evasive comments of a peaceful transfer of power
Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook’s chief executive, testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, April 10, 2018. In 2016, Zuckerberg had said it was a “pretty crazy idea” that the social network could have a serious role in altering the outcome of the election. Political ads will be banned indefinitely after polls close on Nov. 3, 2020, and the company plans new steps to limit misinformation about the results. Image: Gabriella Demczuk/The New York Times
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