Google, Facebook And Twitter Work To Counter Election Misinformation

Have social media companies done enough to fight election-related misinformation?

By Meha Ahmad
Where Is US Election Misinformation Coming From? Hint: It’s Not Russia
This Nov. 1, 2017 file photo shows printouts of some of the Facebook and Instagram ads linked to a Russian effort to disrupt the American political process and stir up tensions around divisive social issues, released by members of the U.S. House Intelligence committee, photographed in Washington. (Jon Elswick/AP)
Where Is US Election Misinformation Coming From? Hint: It’s Not Russia
This Nov. 1, 2017 file photo shows printouts of some of the Facebook and Instagram ads linked to a Russian effort to disrupt the American political process and stir up tensions around divisive social issues, released by members of the U.S. House Intelligence committee, photographed in Washington. (Jon Elswick/AP)

Google, Facebook And Twitter Work To Counter Election Misinformation

Have social media companies done enough to fight election-related misinformation?

By Meha Ahmad
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Tech companies like Google, Facebook and Twitter have ramped up efforts to combat misinformation surrounding the election. Is it too little, too late?

Reset checks in with two experts.

GUEST: Sheera Frenkel, New York Times reporter on cybersecurity

Helen Lee Bouygues, a misinformation expert and CEO of the Paris-based Reboot Foundation