Facebook should open an office in Ukraine, staffed with Ukrainian and Russian language speakers

Facebook should open an office in Ukraine, staffed with Ukrainian and Russian language speakers trained to detect and expose Kremlin interference in the 2019 elections, recommends a joint panel of representatives of the European Parliament and the National Democratic Institute, a Washington-based organization. A local office staff could combat Russian interference in real time, says Laura Jewett, regional director of the NDI. Last month, Facebook’s pattern of ignoring complaints from Ukraine was outlined in a Washington Post article headlined: “Russian disinformation on Facebook targeted Ukraine well before the 2016 U.S. election.”