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Re:Facebook Now Allows Politicians to Lie in Paid Ads by jdashg on Friday October 04, 2019 @03:48AM (#21155649)
We have the bigger problems you mention.

Also, while companies are not required to attempt to do good and improve the SNR of (whether you like it or not) wide-reaching debates on their platforms, we should be disappointed when they decline to even attempt to handle the externalities of optimized engagement at scale.

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Re:Facebook Now Allows Politicians to Lie in Paid Ads by teekert on Friday October 04, 2019 @03:57AM (#21155695)
Well, lets take climate change. Many people are 100% convinced of human induced climate changes affecting current day weather patterns. Although science may put it at about 99% (depending on the source!). Now what is a fact? What will happen with Trump denying human induced climate change on FB? It's going to be a mess.
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Re:Facebook Now Allows Politicians to Lie in Paid Ads by mantap on Friday October 04, 2019 @06:56AM (#21156452)
Ads denying climate change should not be accepted by Facebook. That's a perfect example of untruthful advertising.
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