Mark Zuckerberg says Facebook is in an 'arms race' to snuff out election interference

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• Facebook is in an "arms race" in its efforts to protect elections from outside interference, according to CEO Mark Zuckerberg.
• In a Washington Post op-ed, he said it will take the "combined forces of the US private and public sectors" to protect American democracy from sophisticated bad actors.
• He said Facebook's job is to "amplify the good and mitigate the bad" on its platform.

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Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has said the company is involved in an "arms race" as it seeks to snuff out election interference on its platform.

Writing in The Washington Post before his second-in-command, COO Sheryl Sandberg, gives evidence to the Senate Intelligence Committee on Wednesday, Zuckerberg said it will take the "combined forces of the US private and public sectors" to protect American democracy from increasingly sophisticated and well-funded bad actors.

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