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February 18, 2018 10:00 am
Original Link: http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/cHw-Sm1XgHM/facebook-plans-to-use-us-mail-to-verify-ids-of-election-ad-buyers
Facebook Plans To Use US Mail To Verify IDs of Election Ad Buyers
Facebook will start using postcards sent by U.S. mail later this year to verify the identities and location of people who want to purchase U.S. election-related advertising on its site, a senior company executive said on Saturday. From a report: The postcard verification is Facebook's latest effort to respond to criticism from lawmakers, security experts and election integrity watchdog groups that it and other social media companies failed to detect and later responded slowly to Russia's use of their platforms to spread divisive political content, including disinformation, during the 2016 U.S. presidential election.Read more of this story at Slashdot.
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