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Judd Legum
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1. Can we talk about what's happening at Facebook? Because it's EXTREMELY screwed up.

If you'll recall, the company has been careening from one PR disaster to another after people realized its impact on the 2016 election.

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2. So you'd figure this time around, Facebook would be on top of things? You'd be wrong.

Facebook admitted to me late last night that it has been running hundreds of Trump campaign ads that violate Facebook's rules.

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3. Facebook became aware of these ads after I SENT THEM MULTIPLE EMAILS ALERTING THEM

Consider how ridiculous this is. Facebook had $15 billion in revenue in Q1 2019. I am just one dude.

I created this chart comparing my revenue to Facebook. popular.info/p/trump-campai…
4. Facebook explains to me that "we’re always looking to improve our enforcement, which is never perfect"

Currently, Facebook "relies primarily on automated tools to check ads against these policies"

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5. TAKE YOUR TIME FACEBOOK. IT'S NOT LIKE THERE IS AN URGENT THREAT TO OUR DEMOCRACY

Consider Facebook's position that it can't have actual humans review Trump's ads. I compared staffing at my company, which is manually reviewing Trump's ads, to Facebook

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6. You will not learn about this story on Facebook. It will be given short shrift in the corporate media, which has active business relationships with Facebook

But you can keep yourself informed by signing up for my newsletter. It's free to subscribe at popular.info
7. Free signups get one update a week. Update to a paid subscription ($50/year) for more updates and to support independent accountability journalism with no ads.

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Judd Legum
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1. I REGRET TO INFORM YOU THAT FACEBOOK AND THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN ARE AT IT AGAIN

Facebook is allowing the Trump campaign to run false and misleading ads with impunity

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2. Yesterday at 1PM, I contacted Facebook and flagged dozens of ads from the Trump campaign that falsely claimed Democrats are advocating "a repeal of the Second Amendment."

This violates Facebook's policy against "false and misleading ads."

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3. At 7PM Monday, Facebook confirmed that it had received my question and promised to get back to me. I had given the company a deadline of 10PM.

By Tuesday morning, I heard nothing from Facebook but all the ads that I had flagged were marked "inactive"

popular.info/p/facebook-all…
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Judd Legum
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New Trump Facebook ads point users to a lengthy MEDIA ACCOUNTABILITY SURVEY
Send in your contribution by 9PM tonight and it'll be delivered to Trump right as he's watching Hannity
There is also a "secure the border" survey, a second amendment survey, and a "one question" survey (Spoiler: this is the question)
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Judd Legum
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1. The last three years have not been good for Facebook. Things started going off the rails after the 2016 election when people discovered that Facebook let its platform be used to disseminate pro-Trump misinformation. popular.info/p/rage-against…
2. Some of the shadiest stuff was done by the Trump campaign itself. In an interview with Bloomberg days before the election, the campaign bragged that it was using Facebook to suppress African- American votes in crucial states. popular.info/p/rage-against…
3. In the aftermath, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg pledged to fix the problem. Usually, he sets an ambitious personal development goal each year, like learning Mandarin. In 2018, Zuckerberg resolved to fix the company. popular.info/p/rage-against…
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