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1. This photo is fake (photoshopped)

2. The man on the left is Hassan Rouhani, who is still President of Iran

3. It's embarrassing that you are a United States Congressman
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Now that the Trump campaign has the green light to lie in Facebook ads, here is what is happening.

Just a string of unhinged falsehoods.

In exchange for cash, Facebook is infecting its users with misinformation.
Here is another Facebook ad that Trump is running today that falsely claims there is some sort of effort to prevent him from running an ad during the Super Bowl. (There isn't and the campaign has already bought the time.)
This is not trivial. Trump is currently paying Facebook nearly $700,000 PER WEEK to spread these kind of lies. And that number will only increase as the election draws nearer.

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Judd Legum
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1. I don't think people fully understand how dysfunctional and dangerous Facebook's political ad policy is

Yes, people know Facebook allows politicians and parties to lie

But it's so much worse

This is important, so I'm going to explain in detail.
2. Facebook says, except for candidates and parties, political ads are subject to fact checking

This isn't trivial. Super PACs play a huge role in politics and are going to be spending big bucks on Facebook

So how are these ads fact-checked?
3. First, Facebook takes the money.

Then Facebook starts running the ad on the platform.

THERE IS ZERO EFFORT TO FACT CHECK ANY POLITICAL AD BEFORE ITS PUBLISHED

Facebook will show any political ad to as many people as you can afford with no fact-checking
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Judd Legum
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1. Facebook's political ad policy is MUCH WORSE than you think

The company says it subjects Facebook ads from Super PACs to fact-checking

But, as a practical matter, Super PACs can lie in Facebook ads

And a large pro-Trump Super PAC is taking advantage

popular.info/p/facebook-all…
2. The Committee to Defend the President is running an ad claiming Biden is "a criminal who used his power as VP to make him and his son RICH"

The claim has been debunked repeatedly by Facebook's official factcheckers

BUT FACEBOOK WILL NOT REMOVE THE AD

popular.info/p/facebook-all…
3. Facebook tells me its NOT ENOUGH that the claim has previously been ruled false.

The fact-checkers must review this new ad again.

Will they?

It's entirely up to the fact-checkers.

In the meantime, Facebook has its money and the lies spread.

popular.info/p/facebook-all…
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1. Some discussion that the ICJ's ruling on #Iran case has no real impact for the United States, because humanitarian exemption remained in place after Trump withdrew from the #JCPOA. But I think that misses the root of US shortcomings and the focus of the ruling.
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