1. Facebook announced it would no allow any new political ads during the week before the election.
This move is intended to communicate that Facebook is doing something about the use of ads to spread disinformation but will make no practical difference
This move is intended to communicate that Facebook is doing something about the use of ads to spread disinformation but will make no practical difference
2. Facebook has created a system where campaigns and committees can micro-target thousands of ad variants EVERY DAY. The Trump campaign has 100s of thousands of ad variants that it can continue to run during the last week. And it can stockpile an unlimited # before the last week.
3. Facebook's policy is to allow candidate ads to continue to run even if they are ruled false by Facebook's independent fact-checkers. These false ads can also run during the last week.
4. Zuckerberg says the pause is to allow JOURNALISTS time to evaluate ads. Why is it the responsibility of journalists to police Facebook's ad program? Facebook first siphoned ad revenue from the news industry and now it's shifting responsibility back to journalists?
5. The Trump campaign is performatively objecting to Facebook's announcement but it really will have no practical impact on their continued efforts to use the platform to spread misinformation
