Facebook Withdraws Direct Promotion of Political Campaigns

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Twitter laid out plans for banning political ads on its social network, something Facebook has strongly refused to do, just as campaigns for the 2020 U.S. presidential election heat up. Conway G. Gittens reports......»»

A rare example of direct political involvement from one of tech's most powerful execs Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has privately recommended several potential hires to Pete Buttigie.....»»

Facebook on Wednesday announced it would tighten some of its rules around political advertising ahead of the 2020 presidential election, imposing new requirements that candidates and campaigns submit more information about who actually paid for their ads......»»

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Facebook gives political campaigns the ability to tailor ads to as few as 20 people. Critics say the technique can polarize and manipulate voters......»»

Facebook Inc. dismantled a new set of influence campaigns originating in Russia and Iran designed to sow division in global politics, part of the social-media company’s broader purge of bad actors on its site......»»

Facebook is better prepared to defend against efforts to manipulate the platform to influence elections and has recently thwarted foreign influence campaigns targeting several countries, chief executive Mark Zucker.....»»

Facebook Inc said on Thursday that it would no longer dispatch employees to the offices of political campaigns to offer support ahead of elections, as it did with U.S. President Donald Trump in the 2016 race......»»

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Facebook's continued ban on Donald Trump could end up hurting the former president's political career, namely by hampering a potential White House run in 2024, according to analysts......»»

The social-media platform is expected to announce its decision Wednesday morning after indefinitely barring Donald Trump from the site in January. Donald Trump addressing the Conservative Political Action Conference in the Hyatt.....»»

The social media platform is expected to announce its decision in the matter Wednesday morning, after indefinitely banning him from th.....»»

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