Speaking of the election, Facebook/Meta has unveiled new measures aimed at combating political misinformation ahead of the poll due in May. Meta Australia’s Josh Machin said the tech giant has provided a one-off, undisclosed sum to RMIT University’s fact-checking program FactLab and its 2 partners – Agence France Presse and the Australian Associated Press – to boost their capacity. FactLab will focus on claims made by regular Aussies rather than politicians or political parties. And if a claim has been found to be false, Machin says Facebook will add a warning label to the content and notify users who try to share it in an effort to reduce its distribution on the platform. Meta says it will also work closely with the Australian Electoral Commission on “a range of potential scenarios”, along with running its ‘Check the Facts’ media literacy campaign. Be on the lookout…