Facebook still its own worst political enemy

The social media platform's new measures have already fallen flat with just weeks to go before the European Parliament elections

Facebook Head of Global Policy and Communication Nick Clegg in Dublin. Pic: Getty

The forthcoming European Parliament elections were meant to beFacebook’s big chance to please a constituency that trashes it on a regular basis: politicians.

After all of the controversy about fake news on the website and the Cambridge Analytica scandal (where Facebook user data was harvested for political purposes), the company hired the former British Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg to help clean up its act.

The social network has announced a slew of ...