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In an internal message, the former head of Facebook's advertising team (and current executive), @boztank, says Facebook delivered Trump victory in 2016 and is poised to do so again in 2020 but the company should not change any of its advertising policies

facebook.com/boz/posts/1011…
@boztank The internal message was first reported by the NYT but then @boztank posted the whole message publicly.

According to the NYT, many other Facebook employees objected to the company's current policy of allowing politicians, including Trump, to lie in ads

nytimes.com/2020/01/07/tec…
@boztank The full post falsely claimed Facebook never changed its ad policies. Facebook may not have changed how they ENFORCED its policy as compared to 2016, but its written ad policy was changed in September 2019 to accommodate Trump.

I first reported that here: popular.info/p/facebook-say…
@boztank also claims that the Trump campaign did not run "misinformation" in 2016. And is has the same effective ad strategy this time.

Trump's 2016 campaign ads are secret but his 2020 campaign ads include claims debunked by Facebook factcheckers

popular.info/p/facebook-say…
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1. Trump's former NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISER, John Bolton, says there was a QUID PRO QUO.

No military aid until Ukraine announced an investigation of the Bidens

Can't overstate the importance of this.

It undercuts Trump's entire defense.

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2. Let's review some of the REPUBLICAN MEMBERS OF CONGRESS who said this would be a big deal if there was any evidence of a quid pro quo
3. GOP Leader Kevin McCarthy: "Listen to the diplomats: no quid pro quo."

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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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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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