Facebook to tackle efforts to interfere with 2020 US census

Facebook says it will clamp down on efforts to use its services to interfere with the 2020 US census, including the posting of misleading information about when and how to participate, who can participate and what happens to people who do. The social media giant said Thursday that it is also prohibiting advertisements that portray taking part in the census as “useless or meaningless” or that encourage people not to participate. Facebook is trying to clamp down on misinformation on its services, especially ahead of next year’s U.S. presidential elections. The census, which happens every 10 years, is crucial to determining how many representatives a state gets in Congress and which states get billions of dollars in federal funding for infrastructure, health care, low-income programs and other projects.