Thread by @JuddLegum

1. Facebook promised to hire thousands of people to review political ads. But Facebook admitted to me that it still relies on "automated tools"

Those tools aren't working

You can now watch the Trump campaign scam Facebook users in real time

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2. Today, Trump has dozens of ads promoting a contest: "Enter before 11:59PM TONIGHT for the chance to win the 1,000,000th red MAGA hat HAND-SIGNED by President Trump."

BUT it also promoted a midnight deadline for this contest on May 27, 25, 24, and 23

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3. This is an obvious violation of Facebook's rule against "False and Misleading Content"

But Facebook (a $525 billion company) is missing it & I'm not because I'm devoting more resources to the issue

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4. While the MAGA hat contest is a standard grift for email addresses and donations, the Trump campaign also continues to run false and misleading ads on hot button issues like the Second Amendment and immigration

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5. These policy ads have been running for weeks by Trump with no comment from Facebook. I asked Facebook for comment and have not gotten a response.

I will update this thread if I hear from them.

In the meantime, I will continue to do the work Facebook should be doing.