Facebook Permits Trump PAC Ads That Question 2020 Election Outcome: techpolicy.press/facebook-permi…
“There is a big difference between what Facebook should allow and not allow versus what is legally permissible,” said David Brody, Senior Counsel at @LawyersComm. “This is an attempt to spread untruths about the 2020 election.”
techpolicy.press/facebook-permi…
“It’s possible this doesn’t technically violate the precise text of Facebook’s narrowly written rules... but it flies in the face of their countless proclamations about their commitments to election integrity" said @accountabletech's @JesseLehrich: techpolicy.press/facebook-permi…
"In this instance can a page use the exact same avatar that Trump used which could mislead people into thinking it’s one of his? Platforms will need to be more specific about this going forward," said former Facebook public policy director @katieharbath: techpolicy.press/facebook-permi…
“If you have a democracy-frame on your policies, you would say these ads are clearly designed to question the election outcome. But Facebook doesn’t. It has a narrow interpretation of election disinformation,” said @kreissdaniel. techpolicy.press/facebook-permi…

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