Facebook is running surveys asking users if posts on Election day about protestors, violence at polling stations, or COVID-19 spreading at polling stations, would make them more or less likely to vote.

Anyone have thoughts on why FB is doing this and how they& #39;d use the data?
The last ? is particularly strange, asking users to assess if hypothetical posts would suppress voter turnout.

Hypothetically, let& #39;s say users said posts about "violence at polling stations" discouraged them from voting. Does that mean FB would stop showing posts about violence?
Two other questions attempt to deal w/ misinformation and ask if a user would be more or less likely to discuss political or social issues if they found out a post about protestors or violence at polling stations was false.
Here’s a response from a Facebook PR rep. I’ve followed up with some more questions. https://twitter.com/liz_shepherd/status/1283925950636277761?s=21">https://twitter.com/liz_sheph... https://twitter.com/liz_shepherd/status/1283925950636277761">https://twitter.com/liz_sheph...
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