It's barely two months left before midterm elections begin on Nov. 6. While former Facebook security chief Alex Stamos warned it's " too late " to protect this year's elections, Mark Zuckerberg says Facebook is "better prepared" to protect this year's elections from interference. The CEO detailed the steps Facebook has taken to prevent election interference in a lengthy Facebook post on Wednesday. In it, he said the fake accounts will be identified and removed from the platform while the spread of "viral misinformation" will either be contained or taken down. Facebook will also make information about ads and their advertisers more transparent to users to improve accountability, while anyone running "political or issue ads" in the US will now be required to verify their identity and location. Zuckerberg also mentioned the independent election research commission Facebook established earlier this year and addre...