Facebook's New 'Community Actions' Feature Makes It Easier For Users To Promote Social Causes

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PHILADELPHIA (CBS) -- Facebook is launching a new tool for users in the United States Monday. It will allow you to post and sign online petitions for social causes directly on your news feed.

The "community actions" feature also lets users tag relevant public officials and organizations, create fundraisers and organize events.

Some worry this new platform can be used by malicious actors  to spread disinformation.

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But Facebook says it's using a combination of user monitoring, algorithms and human enforcers to manage the feature.

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