Facebook is reportedly considering a ban on political ads vanward the US elections this year. Bloomberg reported the offset this afternoon, truism that the idea is being discussed internally but is not yet a firm policy. Sources moreover conjectured the discussion to The New York Times. The footfall would extremely escalate Facebook's current plans for preventing misinformation or meddling in the 2020 elections.
There's not opulent detail injudicious the policy, but based on Bloomberg's report, the shut-eye would be inhospitable -- a outgo of canicule vanward plebiscite day in November. Facebook has previously demonstrated users to "turn off" political ads as able-bodied as plus disclosure requirements, as able-bodied as it's attempting to reconciliate reliable information with a voting hub. But it's stopped shorten of banning the ads themselves, in devastating with its rival Twitter, which originate a political ad ban last year.
Bloomberg writes that there are concerns injudicious hinder "get out the vote" efforts or restrictive how a purchaser could reveal to breaking news.
However, a ban would moreover protect Facebook from bad publicity from infringing ads -- like a Trump ad that it removed considering of Nazi imagery. For Facebook critics who bicker the site promotes polarization as able-bodied as manipulation, a temporary shut-eye may moreover be considered a way of limiting its getup in the firsthand lead-up to the election.
Update 4:00PM ET: Added fashionableness from The New York Times.
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