OAKLAND, Calif. - Beginning Thursday, U.S. Facebook users who post about voting may start seeing an addendum to their messages -- labels directing readers to authoritative information about the upcoming presidential election.It's the social network's latest step to to combat election-related misinformation on its platform as the Nov.
3 election nears — one in which many voters may be submitting ballots by mail for the first time. Facebook began adding similar links to posts about in-person and mail-in balloting by federal politicians, including President Donald Trump, in July.These labels will link to a new voter information hub similar to one about COVID-19 that Facebook says has been seen by billions of users around the world.