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Re:Facebook Now Allows Politicians to Lie in Paid Ads by markdown on Friday October 04, 2019 @02:48AM (#21155404)
"It is illegal for any person to solicit, accept, or receive anything of value from a foreign national in connection with a U.S. election" - Ellen L Weintraub, chair of the Federal Election Commission

https://twitter.com/EllenLWeintraub/status/11393093949680967...

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Re:Facebook Now Allows Politicians to Lie in Paid Ads by gfosco on Friday October 04, 2019 @03:21AM (#21155526)
That's a fine law. However, there's a vast distance between that quote and convincing evidence of a violation in this instance.
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Re:Facebook Now Allows Politicians to Lie in Paid Ads by markdown on Friday October 04, 2019 @06:37AM (#21156373)
> However, there's a vast distance between that quote and convincing evidence of a violation in this instance.

Of course there isn't any evidence that you'll accept. Nevermind that the whole world saw him solicit Russian assistance in hacking his opponent during the last elections and that the video evidence of him doing so is available for anyone to view at any time.

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