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Facebook nixes Trump ads as social media electoral tensions rise
by Staff Writers
Washington (AFP) Oct 1, 2020

Facebook said it removed campaign ads for President Donald Trump which appeared to stoke fear by claiming that his Democratic rival Joe Biden would pose threats by allowing more immigration.

The move late Wednesday marked the latest by the leading social network seeking to curb misinformation while seeking to steer clear of political involvement.

The messages, which remained visible in the Facebook ad library, said Biden was "dangerous for America" and claimed the Democrat would allow a "surge" in immigration, suggesting this could increase coronavirus and security risks.

"We rejected these ads because we don't allow claims that people's physical safety, health, or survival is threatened by people on the basis of their national origin or immigration status," Facebook said in a statement.

The ad rejection underscored the challenge for social platforms seeking to sift through mountains of false claims during a heated election campaign, many of which come from Trump.

Facebook earlier this year removed a Trump ad which contained a symbol used in Nazi Germany to designate political prisoners.

Separately, Facebook also said it was clarifying its rules on ads seeking to question the legitimacy of the electoral process amid the latest Trump comments suggesting he may not trust the ballot count.

"In addition to banning ads that make premature declarations of victory, we also won't allow ads with content that seeks to delegitimize the outcome of the US election," Facebook product manager Rob Leathern said.

"This would include calling a method of voting inherently fraudulent or corrupt, or using isolated incidents of voter fraud to delegitimize the result of an election."


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Facebook warns of restrictions in case of US post-election turmoil
Washington (AFP) Sept 22, 2020
Facebook has contingency plans to block some content on its platform if civil unrest breaks out after the November US election, a top executive said. Nick Clegg, a former deputy British prime minister who is Facebook's head of global affairs, said the top social platform could take exceptional steps to "restrict the circulation of content" in case of turmoil. "We have acted aggressively in other parts of the world where we think that there is real civic instability and we obviously have the tool ... read more

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