Facebook has recently removed 120,000 posts across Facebook and Instagram for violating its voter interference policies and placed warnings on 150 million posts debunked by fact-checkers.
Facebook vice president for global affairs Nick Clegg made the remarks in an interview with the French newspaper Journal du Dimanche.
He said Facebook has used artificial intelligence that made it possible to delete billions of posts and fake accounts, even before they are reported by users and noted that the company has partnered with 70 media outlets, including five in France, to verify information.
Facebook has taken other steps to try to mitigate potential chaos on November 3rd and afterward. The platform will ban ads that wrongly claim victory in the US presidential race, or ads that claim rampant voter fraud could alter the results of the election.
Facebook also will reject ads from Donald Trump or Joe Biden if either tries to claim a win prematurely. And it’s banned new political ads the week before the election.
