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Hi @mollywood @kairyssdal:

I just got out of the car and your NPR segment on Facebook's policy on misinformation in political ads contained misinformation.

Molly said that Facebook has consistently refused to "police content."

This isn't true!
@mollywood @kairyssdal Facebook polices all kinds of content! It partners with numerous fact-checking organizations.

This is a specific EXEMPTION that only applies to political ads by candidates and parties. Facebook subjects all other ads to fact-checking.

Your listeners deserve the truth.
Facebook put in place this exemption as it tries to curry favor with the Trump, whose campaign has put out numerous ads with blatant falsehoods.

Facebook says they didn't change their policy, which is a sleight of hand. In 2016, Facebook didn't have a fact-checking program!
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1. This will be a thread of Republican members of Congress who defended Trump by saying there was not a quid pro quo but now say Bolton's claim that Trump told him there was a quid pro quo is irrelevant
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1. Trump's former NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISER, John Bolton, says there was a QUID PRO QUO.

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Can't overstate the importance of this.

It undercuts Trump's entire defense.

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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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