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The fast-growing platform’s poor track record during recent voting abroad does not bode well for elections in the U.S., researchers said.

Some supporters have turned to social media to discredit rivals, with fake content sparking disinformation concerns

A Kenyan watchdog threatened Facebook with a suspension if it did not promptly remove certain advertisements.

Kenya will likely have a new president after the 9 August polls, provided the general elections go smoothly in a country where politics is considered a matter of life and death.

Kenyan ministers say they won't suspend Facebook despite a high level of hate speech and political disinformation on social media days before the country’s elections.

When one hears the term machine learning, what immediately comes to mind is something complicated and hard to understand.

A Kenyan watchdog threatened Facebook with a suspension if it did not promptly remove certain advertisements.

Paying for political influence on social media in Kenya is a shadowy yet lucrative business.

Illustration showing hand holding strings acting as puppeteer over three mobile phones, which contain a person using a speaker phone to symbolize infl

Social media platforms are a powerful new battleground in the electoral process and for spreading disinformation and misinformation.