Facebook told me it doesn't violate their policy against false and misleading ads
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The main point was that two Democratic candidates, Gillibrand and Castro, were also running ads with fake deadlines
That doesn't make it better
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The Trump campaign isn't alone but they take advantage of Facebook's permissiveness more than anyone else
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I will keep scrutinizing Facebook because it's a critical part of the 2020 campaign
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