Mehta announces plan to correct misinformation during Lok Sabha elections

Mehta has launched a “comprehensive approach” to prevent voter manipulation, reduce misinformation and increase accountability and transparency on its platform ahead of the Lok Sabha elections. According to a recent announcement by the Election Commission, the 18th general election will be held in seven stages from April 19 to June 1.

According to Meta, this will enable its India-focused Election Operations Center to be aware of potential risks and immediately take necessary actions across all of its apps. Additionally, Meta announced that experts from various departments within the company, including data science, engineering, research, operations, content policy, and legal teams, will be brought together in a dedicated operations center for India.

The company also has a close working relationship with the Election Commission of India thanks to a voluntary code of conduct signed in 2019 and access to a “high-priority” route for reporting illegal content to the ECI. He said that he is giving.

Mehta said the most harmful types of disinformation, such as those that prevent people from voting or cause imminent violence or injury, have already been eliminated. However, based on feedback from “local partners,” the company will remove anything related to unsubstantiated allegations of members of one religion physically abusing or harassing members of another religion. It’s planned.

Additionally, Facebook’s parent company aims to expand its network of independent fact-checkers while also helping fact-checkers find and evaluate election-related content. Meta announced that it will use keyword detection to streamline the process for fact checkers to evaluate false content.

“Altered” content, meaning audio, video, or images that have been “fabricated, manipulated, or transformed,” will be flagged by fact checkers. Once marked as modified, a post will appear less frequently in your Facebook feed and will be hidden from Instagram.