Facebook is building a physical war room at its HQ to seek and destroy election meddling ahead of the US midterms

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• Facebook is creating a physical war room to snuff out interference in the US midterm elections.
• It will contain screens monitoring important Facebook metrics for unusual activity. It will be staffed by some of Facebook's best brains, from areas including engineering and public policy.
• Facebook's Samidh Chakrabarti said the company is in an "arms race," but is much better prepared than it was in 2016 during the presidential election.

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Facebook is in the process of building a physical war room at its Menlo Park headquarters in a bid to seek out and destroy any attempt to interfere in the US midterm elections.

With the midterms set to take place on November 6, Facebook is creating what is effectively a computer lab which will be operated by some of the best brains from across the business.

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