A Facebook sticker is seen on a mobile phone while an employee works at the Facebook's elections operation centre in Dublin, Ireland May 2, 2019. Picture taken May 2, 2019. REUTERS/Lorraine O'Sullivan NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES
In the Philippines – where 76 million Internet users stay online the longest in the world – just a handful of people spend a few hours each day to fight fake news about the upcoming midterm elections.
The Commission on Elections has formed a team of 10 government workers to spot and report misleading online posts to Facebook Inc, with whom the poll body has an agreement to quickly take down false information. Weeks before the May 13 elections, the group has already identified hundreds of fake news posts – mostly those claiming ballots have been tampered with, or that the poll results are predetermined.
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