Facebook will temporarily show less political content to some users

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Mark Zuckerberg, Chairman of Facebook, speaks on the second day of the 56th Munich Security Conference. The fight against propaganda campaigns and other attempts at manipulation costs Facebook billions every year. Facebook announced Wednesday that it will temporarily reduce the amount of political content on News Feed for a small percentage of users in certain countries. The Tech Transparency Project reported last month that Facebook was used to help organize the pro-Trump rally that led to the insurrection. Nominations are open for the 2021 CNBC Disruptor 50, a list of private start-ups using breakthrough technology to become the next generation of great public companies.

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