Stung by criticism, Facebook’s Sandberg outlines new plans to tackle misinformation

Criticized by critics of its widely recognized role as a platform for spreading misinformation and used by state actors to distort democratic elections, Facebook operations director Sheryl Sandberg unveiled five new ways for society address these issues at the annual DLD conference in Munich, presented before the World Economic Forum. She also announced that Facebook would fund a German university to investigate the theory of artificial intelligence and a new partnership with the German Information and Security Bureau. Sandberg presented Facebook's five-step plan to regain trust: 1. Invest in safety and security 2. Protections against electoral interference 3. Fight against

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