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1. Last Thursday, I reported that Facebook had made a change to the language in its advertising policy and now politicians like Trump were explicitly able to LIE in Facebook ads.

Today, in a new Facebook ad, Trump is taking full advantage of it.

popular.info/p/facebook-say…
2. The Facebook ad released today is a 2 minute video which is almost entirely premised on the idea that Trump has released a TRANSCRIPT of his call with the Ukrainian president.

That is a lie.

Trump has not released a transcript.
3. How do I know its a lie?

THE DOCUMENT RELEASED BY THE WHITE HOUSE SUMMARIZING HIS CALL WITH THE UKRAINIAN PRESIDENT SAYS ITS NOT A TRANSCRIPT

Facebook, however, will accept money to spread false information to its users
4. Trump's Facebook strategy is CENTRAL to his reelection campaign

The guy who bought his Facebook ads in 16 is now his campaign manager

Trump is already spending $1M+/week on Facebook ads

I'll be following it all closely in my newsletter. Sign up ➡️ popular.info
5. In another false ad running on Facebook today, Trump says Democrats want to take away "your vote," "your freedom," and "your judges."

Facebook is profiting from distributing this kind of false and incendiary propaganda
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