• Facebook is trying to rein in the spread of fake news on its site before the general elections in Britain on June 8 with an information campaign in local newspapers. It said that it had removed possibly fake accounts and had tweaked its algorithms.

The latest polls suggest that Prime Minister Theresa May’s Conservative Party maintains its commanding lead.

The British political artist Banksy’s latest mural, in Dover, shows a workman chipping away at one of the 12 stars of the E.U. flag.. “They ought to make it the Brexit logo,” one resident said.