Meta lays out plan to support Thai election

Facebook will target misinformation

Meta is recommending five approaches to support Thailand’s upcoming general election, in a bid to combat misinformation and information-influence operations (IO), as well as interference from other countries.

From 2016-21, Meta invested US$16 billion on measures to ward off foreign interference and domestic information operations, reduce misinformation and combat voter suppression.

In Thailand, Facebook has 65 million accounts.

“Elections around the world have changed. Meta is offering its experience to Thailand for its upcoming election, giving people a voice to combat hate speech,” said Clare Amador, head of public policy for…