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In what CEO Mark Zuckerberg described as an effort to “protect our democracy,” Facebook on Thursday announced a series of meager safeguards aimed at preventing the spread of misinformation ahead of the election — or at least at insulating the company from criticism that it didn’t take sufficient action. In …

After rampant fake news on Facebook dominated much the narrative about the 2016 election, CEO Mark Zuckerberg told Congress that the company “made mistakes” regarding its handling of the issue. But a recent change to the company’s policy that now allows falsehoods in political ads—a reversal of its prior stance—and …