Facebook to halt political ads after US election

By 2020-10-08Science & Tech

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image captionEarly voting is already under way ahead of the 3 November polling day

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Facebook has said it will stop running all political and social-issue adverts after polls close in the US presidential election on 3 November.

It said the temporary measure would “reduce opportunities for confusion or abuse” ahead of results.

Facebook has already banned ads that prematurely declare victory in the election.

But one digital-rights campaign group said the change “isn’t going to fix the problem at all”.

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