Social media plays a role in elections around the globe. From international elections to the 2020 U.S. presidential election, social media websites have been criticized for spreading misinformation and disinformation, sparking a conversation about content moderation.
According to a report from Avaaz, Facebook's content moderation policies could have prevented over 10 billion views of misinformation from pages that frequently shared inaccurate information related to the 2020 election had the social media site's emergency election moderation policies been enacted earlier.