Doing our part to protect and safeguard the integrity of elections

Facebook plays an important and valuable role in the everyday lives of Canadians. During an election, we know we have an important responsibility help people participate in elections and to help ensure safe, secure, and free elections across our platforms. That’s why we’ve dedicated unprecedented resources towards platform integrity efforts, and now have more than 35,000 people working on safety and security.

Since 2017, Facebook has been involved in more than 200 elections around the world. This includes the 2019 Canadian federal election, ahead of which we launched the Canadian Election Integrity Initiative and implemented several initiatives to prevent interference, fight the spread of misinformation, and increase political advertising transparency across our platforms.

We’ve kept our foot on the gas pedal. Our robust efforts build on the foundation laid ahead of the 2019 federal election and position us well in anticipation of Canada’s next federal election. Equipped with past learnings and partnerships, we are updating our Canadian Election Integrity Initiative for the next federal election, which consists of 7 pillars:

  • Civic Engagement: Partnering with Elections Canada and Apathy is Boring
  • Increasing Political Ad Authenticity and Transparency
  • Civic Figure Safety and Security
  • Removing Voter Interference
  • Tackling Coordinated Inauthentic Behaviour
  • Combating Hate and Extremism in Canada

As part of these efforts, we look forward to continuing our work with Canadian officials including the Privy Council Office and Elections Canada, and strengthening collaboration with trusted partners like MediaSmarts, Equal Voice and Apathy is Boring.

Facebook plays an important and valuable role in the everyday lives of Canadians. During an election, we know we have an important responsibility help people participate in elections and to help ensure safe, secure, and free elections across our platforms. That’s why we’ve dedicated unprecedented resources towards platform integrity efforts, and now have more than 35,000 people working on safety and security.

Since 2017, Facebook has been involved in more than 200 elections around the world. This includes the 2019 Canadian federal election, ahead of which we launched the Canadian Election Integrity Initiative and implemented several initiatives to prevent interference, fight the spread of misinformation, and increase political advertising transparency across our platforms.

We’ve kept our foot on the gas pedal. Our robust efforts build on the foundation laid ahead of the 2019 federal election and position us well in anticipation of Canada’s next federal election. Equipped with past learnings and partnerships, we are updating our Canadian Election Integrity Initiative for the next federal election, which consists of 7 pillars:

  • Civic Engagement: Partnering with Elections Canada and Apathy is Boring
  • Increasing Political Ad Authenticity and Transparency
  • Civic Figure Safety and Security
  • Removing Voter Interference
  • Tackling Coordinated Inauthentic Behaviour
  • Combating Hate and Extremism in Canada

As part of these efforts, we look forward to continuing our work with Canadian officials including the Privy Council Office and Elections Canada, and strengthening collaboration with trusted partners like MediaSmarts, Equal Voice and Apathy is Boring.