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Facebook To Reduce Political Content After Posting Healthy Profit

Mark Zuckerberg admits platform is looking at ways to reduce political content in news feeds, after it posts billion dollar profits

Social networking giants agree to outside audit of efforts to deal with hate speech, after advertising boycott by major firms

Facebook said it will not take on any new political ads in the seven days prior to the US election, amid Coronavirus and misinformation concerns

Liam Fox MP attacked by suspected Russian hackers who stole classified US-UK trade documents that were leaked ahead of general election

Social networking giant begins placing labels on political posts by US President Donald Trump and Democratic nominee Joe Biden

Rule change for political ads to make clear who paid for it, as social networking giant seeks to tighten rules ahead of US presidential election

Platform makes limited changes to its stance on political adverts, but still refuses to ban ads that are misleading or spread lies