Facebook whistleblower Sophie Zhang explains how the platform influences global politics | 7:30 a.m.

Facebook’s enormous political power continues to raise eyebrows in the tech community. A former employee says Facebook has been slow to act on evidence that fake accounts on its platform are undermining elections and political affairs around the world. Elias Clure reports. Subscribe: http://ab.co/1svxLVE ABC News provides around-the-clock coverage of current events as they happen in Australia and overseas, including the latest updates on the coronavirus pandemic. It’s the news when you want it, from Australia’s most trusted news organization. For more ABC News, click here: https://ab.co/2kxYCZY Watch more ad-free ABC News content on iview: https://ab.co/2OB7Mk1 Go deeper on our ABC News channel in depth : https://ab.co/2lNeBn2 Like ABC News on Facebook: http://facebook.com/abcnews.au Follow ABC News on Instagram: http://instagram.com/abcnews_au Follow ABC News on Twitter: http: // twitter.com/abcnews #ABCNews #ABCNewsAustralia

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