Article 4XNHW Facebook refuses to restrict untruthful political ads and micro-targeting

Facebook refuses to restrict untruthful political ads and micro-targeting

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  • Twitter banned political ads outright in October
  • Rival Google limits ad targeting to broad categories

Facebook has decided not to limit how political ads can be targeted to specific groups of people, as its main digital-ad rival Google did in November to fight misinformation.

Related: Facebook bans 'deepfake' videos in run-up to US election

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