Facebook Announces $2 Million in Funding for Research Into Misinformation and Polarization Online
Facebook | February 25, 2020
With Facebook's enhanced election security rules already being tested just weeks into the official US Presidential campaign, The Social Network has this week announced a new funding initiative for research into a key area of concern in its political integrity process. Via a new "2020 Foundational Integrity Research" project, Facebook is offering $2 million "in unrestricted gifts" to support independent research into misinformation and polarization, and how it's distributed through social communication technologies.