Facebook to Keep Targeted Political Ads but Will Give Users More Control

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Facebook says it won't limit how political ads are targeted at users, says a private company shouldn’t decide how campaigns are able to reach potential voters

In a break with other tech companies, Facebook Inc. said it wouldn’t limit how political ads are targeted to potential voters, but would instead give users tools to see fewer of those ads on its platforms.

The move by Facebook, which says a private company shouldn’t decide how campaigns are able to reach potential voters, is at odds with how other tech firms are approaching political ads leading up to the 2020 election.

 

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I don’t know if I agree with this as there shouldn’t just be a disbarred ad revenue stream regarding politics. This may just bring more fake information that people make up instead of ads that political campaigns are responsible for. Not all people watch the news or care sadly.

But they can define conservatives words to change its meaning and called it racist evil, and will delete your account

Micro-Targeting, based upon user-data should be declared illegal by the FCC and FTC. It is the equivalent to Subliminal Advertising in a video stream. Congress needs to ACT UPON THIS!

Facebook should not be a willing pawn in allowing foregn intervention in our elections. (Nor the spread of false domestic narratives from any politician, supporter or party).

You guys WANT a private company limiting information !! ITs YOUR job to research and determine what is the TRUTH !! ever heard of the internet ?

and don't you believe this is true ?

It’s not their job. It is the job of the press though to investigate fact or fiction.

How many voters are actually so stupid that they can be persuaded by any crock of s*** offered up by a politician? Everyone I know personally is skeptical, as we all should be.

It is time to break up FB. It picks and chooses what it will not allow and what is a free for all. Guessing it disallows human trafficking, violence, violence against children, Nazism, etc., and if it does then why not manage political postings that may mislead voters from truth.

So they’ve strived to replace old media like newspapers, but simply can’t manage to exercise the same standards because $$$. Got it.

In the quest of $$$

Come on, now. The headline should be facebook will continue its practice of letting political campaigns to lie to voters.

Zukerberg made a dealwith donald

Nor will they do anything to ensure either truth or accuracy are included in those ads.

unsubscribefacebook

But sexually suggestive emojis are a bridge too far

Meanwhile we’re gonna do everything possible to make sure the Trump campaign can target anyone with lies, because they drop sacks of cash on our tables.

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