A group of lawmakers are urging Meta to weed out more Spanish-language disinformation on the war in Ukraine, saying that Russian state-controlled outlets are targeting Spanish speakers with false narratives about the invasion.
in some Latinos voting for former President Trump in the 2020 elections after being bombarded with false information about President Biden.last year found that 28% of the content Latinos see on news websites they visit most often was flagged as biased, conspiracy-based or pseudoscientific.The lawmakers, including Rep. Tony Cárdenas and Sens. Ben Ray Luján and Bob Menendez , say Meta has continually failed to fully address disinformation for Spanish-speaking communities.
The disinformation is "designed to undermine a resolute global response necessary to stand against the Russian government’s aggression," the letter reads.increase in engagement between Facebook users and the page for RT en Español in the last week of February.Andy Stone said in an email to Axios that the company is removing content related to the war in Ukraine that violates policies and working with third-party fact checkers to debunk false claims.
“We’re also giving people more information to decide what to read, trust, and share by adding warning labels on content rated false, and applying labels to state-controlled media publishers, including ones cited in the letter.”
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