War Room Facebook's answer to the elections

War Room: Housed between building 20 and building 21 in its heart , is under a meeting room.

Cables hang from the ceiling, ready to be attached to 16 desktop computer screens. On the wall, there are many TVs ready to tune in to CNN, MSNBC, Fox News and other major networks. A small sign glued to the glass door describes what is being made: "War Room" or "War Room."

From next week the place will be its headquarters για τη διασφάλιση των εκλογών. Περισσότεροι από 300 άνθρωποι σε ολόκληρη την εταιρεία εργάζονται για τις εκλογές, αλλά το War Room θα φιλοξενήσει μια ομάδα περίπου 20 ατόμων που θα επικεντρωθεί στην εξάλειψη της παραπληροφόρησης, στην παρακολούθηση ψευδών ειδήσεων και στη διαγραφή ψεύτικων λογαριασμών που ίσως προσπαθήσουν να επηρεάσουν τους ψηφοφόρους πριν από τις εκλογές στις Ηνωμένες Πολιτείες, τη Βραζιλία και άλλες χώρες.

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"It may be the biggest reorientation of the company since our transition from desktops to mobile phones." said Samidh Chakrabarti, who heads the Facebook election department and the main political engagement team.

Facebook's misuse of the past elections did not leave too much room. In July and August, the company analyzed Iranian and Russian attempts to mislead users of the social network. Now, with the upcoming elections in the United States (in about seven weeks), Facebook is trying to convince the world that everything will go fine because it is ready to handle any new attempts to intervene in the elections.

Ο Mark Zuckerberg, διευθύνων σύμβουλος του Facebook, δεσμεύθηκε να διορθώσει κάθε προβλήματα και δήλωσε ότι η εταιρεία θα είναι “ προετοιμασμένη” για να χειριστεί κάθε πιθανή παρέμβαση. Η εταιρεία φέρεται να έχει λάβει μέτρα για να αποτρέψει spammers, and foreign agents. Among these measures are the hiring of thousands of people who will monitor every content, and essentially record all political ads.

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