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

submitted 11 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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[–] Kingsilva@beehaw.org 1 points 11 months ago

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