Facebook Now Allows Politicians to Lie in Paid Ads

Re:Facebook Now Allows Politicians to Lie in Paid Ads by dannyr on Friday October 04, 2019 @03:24AM (#21155539)

The thing is we've never seen a distribution level as massive as Facebook before.

Lying politicians have always existed but plugging that into a distribution machine that is meant to push infinite content to people is bad.

There are obvious lies that can be easily fact-checked. Facebook just wants to accept ad money without bearing any responsibility.

FTC has laws that require advertising must be truthful. It probably just applies on TV and radio.

But yes, you are right, this should be solved on a legal/political level.

There's been no progress on this. Not sure if it's lobbying by the tech companies or lack of tech knowledge by politicians.

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Re:Facebook Now Allows Politicians to Lie in Paid Ads by pawelmurias on Friday October 04, 2019 @07:39AM (#21156613)

CNN and Trump are openly declared enemies.

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Re:Facebook Now Allows Politicians to Lie in Paid Ads by humanrebar on Friday October 04, 2019 @08:20AM (#21156848)

As uncouth as this sounds, it's basically true. Would downvoters care to explain their objections?

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