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Facebook in eye of post-election storm, questions its influence

It is accused of helping to spread misinformation, fake news stories that influenced the vote

Published Mon, Nov 14, 2016 · 09:50 PM

    San Francisco

    LATE last Tuesday night, as it became clear that Donald Trump would defeat Hillary Clinton to win the US presidential election, a private chat sprang up on Facebook among several vice-presidents and executives of the social network.

    What role, they asked each other, had their company played in the election's outcome?

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