Facebook challenged on political advertising policy
In September, the social community said it'd not be situation to fact-checking through politicians or candidates to test the policy, California's Adriel Hampton registered as a candidate and attempted to run a misleading ad.
Critics said the move would give politicians full freedom to create deliberately misleading ads that could be promoted to millions of people on social networks.
In October, Facebook chief executive Mark Zuckerberg questioned U.S. Congressman Alexandria Okasio-Cortez about the policy.
He asked if he would be allowed to run ads on Facebook, falsely claiming that Republican candidates had made a claim. Green New Deal" Environmental policy is supported. Mr. Zuckerberg said, "I think maybe.
Mr. Hampton, who runs a digital media agency, was actually inspired to create such an ad.
In the ad, footage of U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham was edited to look like she was speaking in support of Green's new deal.
It was posted on the Facebook page for a political campaign group called The Lefty League (Troll) Really Online.
Why Political Advertising Restrictions :-
On Wednesday, Twitter announced it would ban political advertising globally.
Chief Executive Jack Dorsemi said the reach of political messages was "Must be earned, not bought." ".
But Conservative MP Damien Collins, who is chairman of the Digital, Culture, Media and Sports Selection Committee, investing fake news and misinformation online, said the move could have unintended consequences.
The problem on Twitter has been a large network of fake bot accounts, rather than legitimate advertisers. "The move could make life easier for people with fake news.
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