The 9 steps that Mark Zuckerberg says Facebook will take to 'protect election integrity'
"I care deeply about the democratic process and protecting its integrity," he said during a live broadcast on his Facebook page. "I don't want anyone to use our tools to undermine our democracy."
"We are in a new world," Zuckerberg said. "It is a new challenge for internet communities to deal with nation states attempting to subvert elections. But if that's what we must do, we are committed to rising to the occasion."
As part of Zuckerberg's announced changes, Facebook will start disclosing which pages paid for political ads on its platform - a move that democrats on Capital Hill urged the Federal Election Commission to force this week.
The vice chairman of the US Senate Intelligence Committee, Mark Warner, said Wednesday that there are likely "a lot more" fake Facebook accounts affiliated with Russia than what the company has so far disclosed in private briefings with committee staffers. He said the committee, which is tasked with uncovering any Russian interference with US elections, plans to call Facebook executives to publicly testify on Capitol Hill in October.
Below you can read the 9 steps the company is taking to prevent future government interference with elections: