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Meta Is Allowing Political Ads That Claim the 2020 Election Was Stolen (advocatechannel.com)

submitted 10 months ago by 0x815@feddit.de to c/usnews@beehaw.org

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There have been dozens of lawsuits that have attempted to challenge the 2020 presidential election results but they were dismissed at the state and federal levels across the country.

However, Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, will now be able to directly profit from political ads that promote fictitious claims about the legitimacy of the 2020 election because of the policy.

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[–] Kwakigra@beehaw.org 7 points 9 months ago

Zuckerberg: Yeah so if you ever need info about anyone at Harvard

Zuckerberg: Just ask.

Zuckerberg: I have over 4,000 emails, pictures, addresses, SNS

[Redacted Friend's Name]: What? How'd you manage that one?

Zuckerberg: People just submitted it.

Zuckerberg: I don't know why.

Zuckerberg: They "trust me"

Zuckerberg: Dumb fucks.

[–] Stillhart@lemm.ee 6 points 9 months ago

Shocking!! They've never done ANYTHING like this before! They've always been so wholesome and responsible when it comes to this exact issue!

[–] FlashMobOfOne@beehaw.org 3 points 9 months ago

Kind of a bummer that we thought we'd elected a president that was going to fight fascism, with a majority in Congress, and he just didn't. He did find the time to send hundreds of billions more in war funding to other countries, though. Awesome.

So it's only going to get worse.

[–] Kingsilva@beehaw.org 2 points 9 months ago

Now that's a little bit off. That doesn't seem like the facebook of old.