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Re:Dissent at Facebook over hands-off stance on political ads by Infinitesimus on Monday October 28, 2019 @08:47PM (#21383327)
> It would be easy enough for Facebook to classify ads as political/non-political and for political ads have more scrutiny over what they decide to air.

I doubt it is as easy as you think because not all political ads look like "vote for foo!"

They will evolve to look like governor foo paid company xyz which sells home security products to make an ad about how unsafe the country is...while governor foo runs on a platform all about reducing crime rates...etc

Look at some of the propaganda during the 2016 election era for instance

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Re:Dissent at Facebook over hands-off stance on political ads by grandmczeb on Monday October 28, 2019 @09:45PM (#21383599)
Facebook already classifies ads about "social issues, elections or politics" and those ads are subject to extra scrutiny[1].

[1] https://www.facebook.com/help/180607332665293

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