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Facebook Moves to Limit Election Chaos in November

By Mike Isaac

The social network said it would block new political ads in late October, among other measures, to
reduce misinformation and interference.

Credit...Photographs by Erin Schaff/The New York Times

 Sept. 3, 2020Updated 4:04 p.m. ET

SAN FRANCISCO — Facebook on Thursday moved to clamp down on any confusion about the
November election on its service, rolling out a sweeping set of changes to try to limit voter
misinformation and prevent interference from President Trump and other politicians.

In an acknowledgment of how powerful its effect on public discourse can be, Facebook said it
planned to bar any new political ads on its site in the week before Election Day. The social network
said it would also strengthen measures against posts that tried to dissuade people from voting.
Postelection, it said, it will quash any candidates’ attempts at claiming false victories by redirecting
users to accurate information on the results.

Facebook is bracing for what is set to be a highly contentious presidential election. With two
months to go, President Trump and Joseph R. Biden Jr. have ratcheted up their attacks against
each other, clashing over issues including the coronavirus pandemic and racial unrest. Mr. Trump,
who uses social media as a megaphone, has suggested that even when the results are in, he may
not accept them, and he has questioned the legitimacy of mail-in voting.

Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook’s chief executive, wrote in a post on Thursday that the divisions in the
United States and the prospect of taking days or weeks to finalize election results could lead “to an
increased risk of civil unrest across the country.”

Facebook’s changes indicate how proactive the Silicon Valley company has become on election
interference, especially after it was slow to react to Russians using the service in 2016 to sway the
American electorate and promote Mr. Trump. Since then, Mr. Zuckerberg has worked to prevent
the social network from being misused, aiming to turn the tide of negative perception about his
company.

Hamlet. Act 3 Scene 1

To be, or not to be: that is the question:

Whether ’tis nobler in the mind to suffer
The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune,
Or to take arms against a sea of troubles,
And by opposing end them? To die: to sleep;
No more; and by a sleep to say we end
The heart-ache and the thousand natural shocks
That flesh is heir to, ’tis a consummation
Devoutly to be wish’d. To die, to sleep;
To sleep: perchance to dream: ay, there’s the rub;
For in that sleep of death what dreams may come
When we have shuffled off this mortal coil,
Must give us pause: there’s the respect
That makes calamity of so long life;
For who would bear the whips and scorns of time,
The oppressor’s wrong, the proud man’s contumely,
The pangs of despised love, the law’s delay,
The insolence of office and the spurns
That patient merit of the unworthy takes,
When he himself might his quietus make
With a bare bodkin? who would fardels bear,
To grunt and sweat under a weary life,
But that the dread of something after death,
The undiscover’d country from whose bourn
No traveller returns, puzzles the will
And makes us rather bear those ills we have
Than fly to others that we know not of?
Thus conscience does make cowards of us all;
And thus the native hue of resolution
Is sicklied o’er with the pale cast of thought,
And enterprises of great pith and moment
With this regard their currents turn awry,
And lose the name of action.–Soft you now!
The fair Ophelia! Nymph, in thy orisons
Be all my sins remember’d.

She Walks in Beauty

By Lord Byron (George Gordon)

She walks in beauty, like the night

Of cloudless climes and starry skies;
And all that’s best of dark and bright
Meet in her aspect and her eyes;
Thus mellowed to that tender light
Which heaven to gaudy day denies.

One shade the more, one ray the less,

Had half impaired the nameless grace
Which waves in every raven tress,
Or softly lightens o’er her face;
Where thoughts serenely sweet express,
How pure, how dear their dwelling-place.

And on that cheek, and o’er that brow,

So soft, so calm, yet eloquent,
The smiles that win, the tints that glow,
But tell of days in goodness spent,
A mind at peace with all below,
A heart whose love is innocent!
 Chicken, Bacon Chipotle Balls
Ingredients
for 12 servings
 bread crumb, for coating
 oil, for frying
Chicken
 2 boneless, skinless chicken breasts
 salt, to taste
 pepper, to taste
Ball Mixture
 2 eggs
 ½ cup flour (60 g)
 1 teaspoon dried rosemary
 ¼ cup fresh parsley (10 g), chopped
 3 strips bacon, cooked and crumbled
 1 teaspoon garlic powder
 1 teaspoon onion powder
 1 teaspoon pepper
 7 oz shredded mozzarella cheese (200 g)
 ½ cup chipotle sauce (120 mL), to taste
 1 tablespoon salt
Garnish
 fresh parsley, chopped

Preparation
1. Preheat the oven 200ºC (400ºF).
2. Season the chicken breast with salt and pepper, both sides.
3. Bake the chicken breast for 25 minutes, or until cooked through.
4. With two forks, shred the chicken.
5. Add the eggs, flour, rosemary, parsley, bacon, garlic powder, onion powder, pepper,
mozzarella cheese, chipotle sauce, and salt. Mix to combine.
6. Preheat a pot of oil to 180˚C (350˚F).
7. Make small balls with the chicken mixture by rolling between your hands. The coat the
balls in breadcrumbs.
8. Fry the balls until golden brown about 2-3 minutes.
9. Drain on a paper towel to remove excess oil and sprinkle with salt.
10. Garnish with a sprinkle of parsley.
11. Enjoy!