Specifically, Facebook said it wants to know “whether and how” social media causes people to change their votes. To help find out, the company is planning to pay thousands of users to take part in an independent study. The results of the study, however, wont be ready until the middle of 2021.
Observers applauded Facebook for finally taking steps to be more transparent, but some wondered why the company waiting until just two months before the election to take this step. They also fear the social network could use the study to downplay the level of political misinformation, or its impact.
