Is Facebook really ready for the US 2020 election?

Zuckerberg is ‘so certain that Facebook’s overall impact on the world is positive’ – which he believes critics don’t give him enough credit for – that he isn’t inclined to take constructive feedback, said Kirkpatrick. — AP

Ever since Russian agents and other opportunists abused its platform in an attempt to manipulate the 2016 US presidential election, Facebook has insisted – repeatedly – that it’s learned its lesson and is no longer a conduit for misinformation, voter suppression and election disruption.

But it has been a long and halting journey for the social network. Critical outsiders, as well as some of Facebook’s own employees, say the company’s efforts to revise its rules and tighten its safeguards remain wholly insufficient to the task, despite it having spent billions on the project. As for why, they point to the company’s persistent unwillingness to act decisively over much of that time.