A recruitment drive by Facebook to address the coronavirus-caused shortage of poll workers on Election Day has spurred 100,000 people to volunteer.
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Trump used Facebook to suppress the Black vote in battleground states during 2016 election, report says
Report: Trump’s 2016 campaign sought to deter Black Americans in battleground states from voting by targeting them with negative Clinton Facebook ads.
Trump executive order on diversity training roils corporate America
Companies fear the White House order will deal a crippling setback to efforts to increase workplace equality and address race and gender disparities.
Facebook critics launch independent oversight board to monitor handling of the election
Warning of a threat to democracy, civil rights activists say they’ve formed a oversight board to scrutinize Facebook’s role in the 2020 election.
Fake Facebook pages made in China targeted U.S. presidential election
Facebook removed a small network of fake accounts and pages that originated in China and focused on influencing the presidential election in November.
Twitter’s get-out-the-vote campaign push will be in your face Tuesday
Twitter launches biggest push yet to encourage Americans to cast their ballots, part of an unprecedented effort by social media to increase turnout.
Facebook election turnout: Company says it has already registered 2.5 million Americans to vote
More than 2.5 million Facebook, Instagram and Messenger users have registered to vote as part of the company’s get-out-the-vote drive, Facebook says.
Facebook, Twitter and YouTube have your data. Why not China-owned ByteDance’s TikTok?
The Trump administration says it’s banning TikTok because the data collected from American users could be accessed by the Chinese government.
Trump, QAnon, Russia: Facebook, Twitter, YouTube brace for a turbulent election and post-election cycle
It’s election crunch time for Facebook and Twitter whose platforms were used to amplify falsehoods, conspiracy theories and divisive messages in 2016.
Trump decision on Oracle TikTok looms ahead of Sunday deadline, deal would include Walmart
Did Oracle buy TikTok? Trump is expected to decide if TikTok will be run by a standalone company headquartered in the U.S. before Sunday’s deadline.