Facebook Inc on Oct 7 banned calls for poll watching that use "militarised language”, as it tightened a slew of restrictions ahead of US elections next month amid mounting alarm that unfounded claims online could result in violence.
The world's biggest social network is scrambling to adjust its rules for the Nov 3 vote, despite saying last month that it had set its final policies, as Republicans mobilise thousands of volunteers to watch polls for evidence backing up President Donald Trump's unsubstantiated complaints about voter fraud.