Facebook refuses to restrict untruthful political ads and micro-targeting
by Associated Press from Technology | The Guardian on (#4XNHW)
- 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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