Facebook to Ban Political Ads A Week Before November Election

To address those threats, Facebook will label any posts seeking to delegitimize the outcome of the election, he wrote.

The company also will remove posts with misinformation about Covid-19 and voting, which Zuckerberg said could be used to scare people away from exercising their right to vote.

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Seeking to boost credible information in addition to tamping down misleading posts, Facebook will partner with Reuters to provide news in the social network's Voting Information Center about official results.

Zuckerberg said the company would not plan to make any further changes to its election policies beyond those listed in his post before the official declaration of the result.

(Writer: Katie Paul | Editors: Greg Mitchell, Mark Heinrich)

Source: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-facebook/facebook-to-halt-new-political-ads-just-before-u-s-election-idUSKBN25U1N3