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Re:Dissent at Facebook over hands-off stance on political ads by badrequest on Monday October 28, 2019 @04:25PM (#21381242)
Would anybody besides Facebook's shareholders be upset if they just deemed political advertisements verboten on the platform?
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Re:Dissent at Facebook over hands-off stance on political ads by jkingsbery on Monday October 28, 2019 @05:13PM (#21381742)
From what I've read on the subject, it seems like limitations like this generally serve the incumbent (who benefits from default name recognition that challengers lack).

This is perhaps reasonable approach (many people in this thread are suggesting this!), but it seems like this a thorny problem because there is no "neutral" position.

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Re:Dissent at Facebook over hands-off stance on political ads by dmitrygr on Monday October 28, 2019 @08:00PM (#21383072)
"Put them all up against the wall" is pretty neutral. Just saying.
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