1/ Apropos Facebook banning new political ads 1 week before election:
This is a window-dressing that is designed to fool media and the public into thinking Facebook is taking disinfo seriously. It is a genuinely pointless policy - and if anything will be do more harm than good.
This is a window-dressing that is designed to fool media and the public into thinking Facebook is taking disinfo seriously. It is a genuinely pointless policy - and if anything will be do more harm than good.
2/ For starters, of all the disinformation and extremism problems on Facebook, political ads are bottom of list. Facebook’s signal boosting right-wingers and lax policy enforcement much bigger issue.
It was’t FB ads that brought the Kenosha killer to Wisconsin.
It was’t FB ads that brought the Kenosha killer to Wisconsin.
3/ The loopholes are just nuts. Zuckerberg warns of unrest. And so, he bans new political ads...but only 1 week before election? What about all the other weeks before when voting till place remotely or what about the week after election?
The time period is laughably short.
The time period is laughably short.
4/ Also, the operative word is new. They will still let political ads be rerun and targeted to new groups during week of as long as the ad was run and had 1 impression before October 27.
So, you can run bad ad now, pause it and then reuse that week. Yikes.
So, you can run bad ad now, pause it and then reuse that week. Yikes.
5/ Bottom line: This is a pr stunt. Don’t buy it. It wont do a thing to help and will only further empower those seeking to do harm while also weakening outside forces ability to counter attacks, something that has consistently proven necessary given Facebook’s weak enforcement.
