Julia Louis-Dreyfus compares Facebook to Putin and Fox News as top source of election misinformation as the company tests new COVID-19 lie-detector (FB)

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• Facebook is planning to launch an early-warning system to alert moderators to potential misinformation about the coronavirus before it racks up millions of views, The Verge's Casey Newton reported Thursday.
• Facebook didn't offer specifics, but implied it would look similar to a "virality circuit breaker" tool proposed in a recent report by the Center for American Progress, according to Newton.
• Also on Thursday, actress Julia Louis-Dreyfus took a dig at the company during her speech at the Democratic National Convention, lumping it in with Vladimir Putin and Fox News as sources of election misinformation.
• Dreyfus' joke highlighted Facebook's struggles in recent months to clean up misinformation on its platform despite a recent spree of crackdowns.
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Facebook hinted Thursday at a new tool for fighting COVID-19 misinformation that would try to catch falsehoods about the pandemic before they go viral, The Verge's Casey Newton reported on Thursday.

According to Newton, Facebook's tool — which it's already testing with a small number of users — will resemble one proposed in a recent report by the Center for American Progress, which CAP called a "virality circuit breaker."

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• An anti-vaxxer group is suing Facebook for putting fact-checking labels on anti-vaccine posts
• Facebook had a very unsuccessful week in its fight against misinformation and hate speech

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