Call for Facebook regulation as it announces 1,000 new Dublin jobs

Social media giant Facebook says it will create another 1,000 jobs in Dublin this year, while pledging to crack down on fake news and data manipulation by political agents.

Chief operating officer Sheryl Sandberg, who was speaking at the firm's Facebook Gather conference in Croke Park, said the hires would be focused on policy and content moderation, as well as marketing, legal and sales.