Facebook will open another 'war room' to combat fake news

Facebook will soon open another election "war room" to help its fight against fake news ahead of  the 2019 European Parliament Elections.

The move was announced in a speech by the social network's new policy chief and former UK Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg, who said the war room would open this spring at Facebook's Dublin office.

The announcement was Clegg's first major public appearance since he joined the social network last fall. The former deputy PM was one of the company's highest profile hires since it became embroiled in Cambridge Analytica and other data privacy scandals.