(FILES) In this file photo taken on March 22, 2018 a cellphone and a computer screen display the logo of the social networking site Facebook in Asuncion. A US consumer protection agency said March 26, 2018 it has opened an investigation into Facebook for potentially failing to live up to its promises on privacy and possible violations of a consent decree.The Federal Trade Commission confirmed news reports from last week that it had opened an inquiry over the harvesting of Facebook data on tens of millions users of the social network by the British consulting group Cambridge Analytica. / AFP PHOTO / NORBERTO DUARTE
SAN FRANCISCO: Facebook Inc told Reuters on Jan 15 that it would extend some of its political advertising rules and tools for curbing election interference to India, Nigeria, Ukraine and the European Union before significant votes in the next few months.
As the largest social media service in nearly every big country, Facebook since 2016 has become a means for politicians and their adversaries to distribute fake news and other propaganda.
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