as declared in Besides Mr Tong, Singapore MPs Sun Xueling and Pritam Singh also attended the hearing. Mr Allan admitted it was a "simple error" on the part of a Facebook staff member, saying: "We make mistakes. Mr Singh asked how Facebook was dealing with the tampering of elections. Mr Allan said Facebook will set up a task force of security and legal specialists for every significant election to tackle such interference. When Mr Singh asked what he meant by "significant election", Mr Allan replied: "Our current resourcing allows us to look at all national elections.
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Facebook scam: Warning issued over fake Center Parcs holiday competition
Cumbria Trading Standards are warning Facebook users about a scam competition to win a Center Parcs holiday. The fake post has been widely shared across the social networking platform, tens of thousands of times. But trading standards have now revealed it's a scam. The warning was initially issued by Wiltshire Trading Standards, and has now been circulated by counterparts in Cumbria. It said: "We've noticed lots of people sharing posts to win a Center Parcs holiday.Facebook fake news inquiry: the countries demanding answers
as informed in Fake news inquiry: Facebook questioned by MPs from around the world - live updates Read more"Social media platforms have shown themselves incapable of self-regulation. In March, a government survey found that 46% of people came across fake news on Facebook. This month, the defence minister, Harjit Sajjan, warned that Canada was a likely target for misinformation campaigns spread through social media in the run-up to the 2019 federal election. "We have detected social media accounts that jump from 200 to 2,000 daily interactions," the CNE secretary, Hernán Goncalves Figueiredo, said when announcing the measures. The CNE is also creating a register of official party websites and social media accounts "so that anyone who wishes to can verify the source of the information".collected by :Roy Mark
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