Press Play with Madeleine Brand
Election official says Facebook is hurting democracy
Facebook announced on Thursday that it won’t police the truthfulness of political ads on its site. It also won’t limit how campaigns use the platform to send ads to certain people.
By Madeleine Brand • • 1 min readFacebook announced on Thursday that it won’t police the truthfulness of political ads on its site. It also won’t limit how campaigns use the platform to send ads to certain people. That’s drawn sharp criticism from federal regulators and members of Congress.
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3 of 5Gov. Newsom’s 2020 budget and first year progress report- 0:00Gov. Newsom’s budget focuses on homelessness
- 11:41Secret Silicon Valley group spends big money to help Democrats
- 19:54Election official says Facebook is hurting democracyYou’re reading this
- 28:20'Underwater': Great lead performance, but recycled ideas
- 42:10NFL playoffs: What are the chances of the Seahawks winning?