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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

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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

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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.

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4. The Committee to Defend the President is a repeat offender.

They've ALREADY produced Facebook ads in the last few months that have been rated "Pants on Fire" by Facebook's factcheckers.

But they are allowed to continue to crank out false ads.

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5. In the absence of corporate responsibility, the only solution to this problem is public scrutiny.

That's why I focus the work in my newsletter on accountability journalism.

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6. Facebook says that advertisers "that repeatedly post information deemed to be false may have restrictions placed on their ability to advertise on Facebook."

This is at least the 4th false ad by this pro-Trump SuperPAC since Oct. Still no restrictions

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1. While we await the Iowa results, let me tell you a story about Facebook's dysfunctional fact-checking system

Even when absolutely everything goes right, it still doesn't work

Take today's false Judicial Watch report that I debunk in the thread below

2. This was, of course, shared to the Judicial Watch Facebook page, where it has racked up 11K+ shares.

The post by Iowa's Republican Secretary of State revealing it was a lie got 24 shares.

This is endemic to the platform. Misinformation spreads more quickly than facts.
3. Facebook relies on third-party fact-checkers to rate content for misinformation.

There aren't nearly enough fact-checkers but, in this case, one of them took a look.

And VERY QUICKLY rated Judicial Watch's report FALSE

Hooray!

But wait...

hoax-alert.leadstories.com/3471591-fake-n…
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WOW:

This tweet has over 40,000 retweets and is 100% false.

I have receipts.

Don't let misinformation steal the 2020 election.

RT for the truth!
2. Charlie is relying on a Judicial Watch report.

The report falsely claims that the number of registered voters exceeds the voting-age population in each state.

The truth is that the number of active registered voters does not exceed the voting-age population in any of them
3. This isn't hard to figure out and you can check my work.

The latest voter registration data, from the Iowa SoS, is here: sos.iowa.gov/elections/pdf/…

The latest Census data, from 2018, is here: census.gov/acs/www/data/d…

Judicial Watch's claim is false.
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1. One thing to remember about the Iowa caucus is that it's not really a contest for votes and delegates.

There are 3,979 pledged delegates to the convention.

Only 41 are at stake tonight.

It's a contest for positive media coverage.
2. One way to generate positive media coverage is to win. If Sanders wins, for example, it will generate positive coverage about the strength of his candidacy.

But another way to win is "beating expectations"
3. Warren's campaign, for example, has been left for dead by most pundits. But she still has a considerable amount of support in most Iowa polls.

A "strong second" could create positive coverage for Warren and help her in New Hampshire and subsequent states
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