Facebook says it is ready for violent unrest in the US election, and has plans to restrict the spread of inflammatory posts

Facebook said Tuesday that it has a plan in case there is violent unrest in the wake of the US election, and that it would restrict content on its platform in such a scenario.

Nick Clegg, Facebook's head of global affairs, told The Financial Times in an interview that the company has plans in place in case of widespread chaos.

Clegg did not elaborate on exactly what measures Facebook is considering.

But he said that the company would make aggressive moves to "restrict the circulation of content" that it thought may further inflame the situation.

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