BARBARA ORTUTAY AP Technology Writer OAKLAND (AP) — Facebook said Wednesday it will label posts from popular accounts with their geographic origin in an attempt to curb political misinformation by foreign-based pages that mimic legitimate groups and political parties. The new policy will apply to popular pages about elections, entertainment and other topics and will stamp every post they make on Facebook and Instagram with its origin. For instance, an Instagram account targeting U.S. voters but based in Brazil will have every post labeled with "Based in Brazil." Users then can swipe to find out more information about the account. It's the social network's latest attempt to fight election-related misinformation. Russia and other countries have been using social media to try to influe
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