We are battle-ready for the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, says Facebook

By bringing in more transparency to advertisements, it can better defend against foreign interference in India's elections, says the social media giant

The Lok Sabha (LS) polls this year could be one of the fiercely fought ever in Independent India’s history, and the battleground of the contest will as much be the nearly 1 million polling booths across the country as the world of social media. 

Facebook, the leading social media platform, believes it is battle-ready to face any tests and surprises India’s complex general elections, which are less than 90 days away, might throw at it.

The challenges for Facebook are checking fake news and hate speech, ensuring the integrity of the platform as well as advertising transparency. Facebook augmented its