Facebook fights fake news, cuts accounts ahead of UK election

Wed, May 10, 2017 - 5:50 AM

ILLUSTRATION: TEOH YI CHIE

San Francisco

FACEBOOK is taking its battle against fake news to Britain before general elections next month.

The social network published a series of advertisements in newspapers in Britain on Monday, giving advice to its millions of users in the country on how to spot...

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