PANAJI: Ahead of voting day in Goa, Meta, Facebook parent company, Instagram and WhatsApp, has activated the election operating center to pay attention to the potential for harassment during elections, the company said in a statement.
The company said that it had prepared the election, and had placed a comprehensive strategy to eliminate hatred and content that incited violence, and to make political advertising more transparent.
Meta also partnered with the electoral commission to remove content that violates local law, a company statement.
“The Election Operations Center (EOC) can monitor and respond to the potential harassment that we see appears related to this election in real time,” said the statement.
“In the background of the election, it is even more important to detect the potential for speech hatred and prevent it from spreading.
This is an area that has been prioritized and will continue to work to overcome comprehensively for this election.” Since 2018, Meta has used EOC for large elections throughout the world , and use experts in intelligence threats, data science, engineering, research, operation, policy, and legal teams to track the abuse of elections.
“We believe that every voter deserves transparency when they participate in political and debate discussions.
That is why we have introduced a number of tools that provide more information about political advertising on Facebook and Instagram,” Meta said.
The company said that in 2019, it has been tied with the electoral commission for Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp, to receive escalation related to content and to remove content that violates local laws after receiving valid legal orders.
The company said that he had banned more than 2 million WhatsApp accounts in December and had tried to block the “problem message” related to the election.