Facebook To Block New Political Advertising In Week Ahead Of Election Day

[Nevilledog]

https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/facebook-to-block-new-political-advertising-in-week-ahead-of-election-day

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced Thursday that the social media company will ban new political ads for the week leading up to Election Day.

The announcement came as the tech executive expressed concerns about how Facebook could be used to manipulate the election in a public post. Zuckerberg said he was “worried that with our nation so divided and election results potentially taking days or even weeks to be finalized, there could be an increased risk of civil unrest across the country.”

Zuckerberg warned Facebook employees and users that the upcoming election would not be “business as usual,” since more voters than ever before are projected be voting by mail amid the coronavirus pandemic and ballots will continue to be counted well after election night likely delaying final results.

“It’s important that we prepare for this possibility in advance and understand that there could be a period of intense claims and counter-claims as the final results are counted,” Zuckerberg said. “This could be a very heated period.”

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[ret5hd]

1. No "new" political ads.

The old ones will continue?

[Nevilledog]

2. That's how I read it. Too little, too late IMHO

[Bev54]

3. Total red herring

If they buy their advertising time ahead, so Zuck will make more billions of $, then they can run their ads, truthful or not, he will not be censoring them. So it is just a gimmick to make them buy their ads earlier, can't buy any new ads during the last week. Always have to look under the covers of what this ass says.

[WhiteTara]

4. Watch for the buying rush 2 weeks before

the election that are 2 week buys.