正文
commencement
n. /kəˈmensmənt/ a ceremony at which students receive their academic degrees or diplomas 毕业典礼
Meanwhile, Facebook has been under intense criticism for its role as a
vector
of misinformation in recent elections. This week, Facebook admitted that Russian accounts purchased $100,000 in political ads in 2015 and 2016. This disclosure comes only two months after the platform refused to disclose who is paying for advertising on the platform and where they’re running.
与此同时，因为在近期大选中传播了错误信息，脸书正遭受着严厉的批评。本周，脸书承认在2015年和2016年中有俄罗斯账号购买了十万美金的政治广告。但仅在两个月前，脸书还拒绝公开平台上购买广告的账号名称和运营所在地。
vector
n. /ˈvektə(r)/ an insect, etc. that carries a particular disease from one living thing to another 传播者
This
confluence
of events demonstrates the urgent need for greater transparency about how Facebook is already being used for electoral influence, particularly its algorithms and advertising features. Facebook must be regulated like the broadcast medium that it has become. And if Zuckerberg wants to run for office, he should be leading the charge for meaningful transparency.
这些事件
汇集
在一起，表明了人们迫切希望脸书更加公开透明——脸书是如何被用来影响选举结果的，特别是它的算法和广告功能。脸书已经成为了一个广播媒介，它就必须像广播媒介一样受到规范。而且，如果扎克伯格想竞选总统，他更应该带头让脸书变得更透明公开。
confluence
n. [ˈkɒnfluəns](formal) the fact of two or more things becoming one汇集
The Facebook platform already has the ability to shift the outcome election if it so chooses.
Setting aside
the issue of so-called ‘fake news’ and its spread on the platform during 2016, Facebook itself is a powerful tool of voter mobilization and information.
脸书平台早就有能力改变大选结果，只要它想，它就能做到。
先不提
2016年在脸书上传播的所谓的“假消息”，脸书本身就是动员选民和操控信息的有力工具。
My own research
demonstrates
that seeing one’s Facebook friends praise others for voting increases turnout; other work finds that exposure to voting-related posts on Facebook increases turnout.
我自己的研究
表明
，看到脸书好友称赞别人投票会提升投票率；其他研究也发现脸书上有关选举帖子的曝光也会增加投票率。
Meanwhile, Facebook’s internal research shows that exposing users to voting reminders that include pictures or names of friends also makes them more likely to vote.
Algorithmic
shifts that prioritize showing these kinds of messages to certain groups of voters and suppressing them from others could theoretically be used to help a particular candidate.
同时，脸书内部研究表明，带有图片或好友名称的投票提醒同样会使用户更有可能投票。理论上来说，可以通过改变
算法
