The watchdog determined that Facebook had "horribly" did not forestall election lies An research concluded that Facebook failed to reveal commercials containing incorrect information associated with Brazil's upcoming 2022 

elections. Human rights institution Global Witness stated it had made 10 declarations containing fake facts approximately Brazil's trendy election on 2 October, consisting of one concentrated on indigenous agencies that requested human beings to vote on the incorrect date. The institution stated it became especially involved approximately the manner commercials had been submitted and conventional via way of means of Facebook. The classified ads had been despatched in Portuguese from outdoor Brazil and paid for the usage of a non-Brazilian price approach from an account that became now no longer established via way of means of Facebook's marketing and marketing authorization process. The file accompanied comparable complaint of Facebook concerning elections in Myanmar, Ethiopia and Kenya, in addition to the current US presidential election and the 2016 Brexit referendum withinside the UK. "Facebook is aware of thoroughly that its platform is used to unfold incorrect information approximately elections and undermine democracy across the world," stated John Lloyd, senior adviser at Global Witness. "Despite Facebook's self-proclaimed efforts to address incorrect information - especially in high-stakes elections - we had been appalled to look that they conventional each election incorrect information we made in Brazil." The institution known as on Facebook to urgently boom its content material enhancing competencies and make certain that mediators apprehend the political and cultural context of Brazil's upcoming elections. It additionally advised Facebook figure Meta to permit a licensed 0.33 birthday birthday celebration audit of its platforms. Facebook informed The Independent that it became "broadly prepared" for Brazil's elections however did now no longer touch upon the Global Witness research. "Our efforts withinside the preceding Brazilian elections caused the elimination of one hundred forty thousand posts from Facebook and Instagram for violating election interference rules and 250 thousand rejections of unauthorized political marketing and marketing," a spokesman stated. "We are strongly devoted to protective the integrity of elections in Brazil and across the world, and we're devoted to that." From information to politics, from journey to sport, from subculture to climate - The Independent gives a number of unfastened newsletters that healthy your interests. To discover the memories you need to examine and greater on your inbox