The company said this week it will ban all political, election and social issue ads after the polls close on Nov. 3 for a week or longer. Google adopted a similar rule two weeks ago.
Democratic Massachusetts senator Elizabeth Warren called Wednesday's election policy changes"performative."
The latest measures to protect the integrity of the election on Facebook underscore growing concerns about the election’s legitimacy among a large swath of Americans of all political persuasions. Those concerns are a high priority for social media companies whose platforms have been used in elections around the world to spread conspiracy theories, divisive messages and outright falsehoods.
“This is shaping up to be a very unique election,” Guy Rosen, vice president for integrity at Facebook, said during the call.
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