US Facebook staff will jet in to monitor site during Europe vote

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Facebook staff from the US will be flown into Dublin to oversee the company’s attempt to prevent the platform being misused during the European election campaigns.

The social media company is under pressure to ensure that it is not used for malicious interference or misinformation during the election period after a British House of Commons committee referred to Facebook as “digital gangsters” in a report about fake news.

The focused monitoring of online ...