Facebook considering ban on political ads ahead of US Presidential Election 2020: Reports

Facebook is considering a complete ban on political advertisements in run up to forthcoming US Presidential Election that is due to take place in vember 2020. 

As per international media reports date July 11, social media giant hasn't finalised move but it is being seen as an important step towards improving Facebook's reputation which took a downswing following explosive revelations concerning last US Presidential Election which saw Donald Trump's triumph march to White House in 2016.

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Facebook has been accused of overlooking serious privacy breaches, targetted advertising, and lack of fact-checking tools that fail to give social media platform users verified information while compromising ir personal data. As per reports, Russian trolls misused social network to mislead people during US Presidential Election of 2016.

As per reports, a political ad blackout could serve as a barrier against misleading election-related paid content. However, social network manrs are also concerned about t hurting pro-vote campaigns working towards voter sensitisation and awareness, reports added. 

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'Stop Hate for Profit' Campaign

At moment, Facebook is facing an organised ad boycott movement spearheaded by civil rights groups. 'Stop Hate for Profit' campaigners has accused Facebook of overlooking racist, violent, and misleading content on social network. campaign has seen support for table brands like Puma, Starbucks, Unilever, Coca-Cola, Dio, and more.

However, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has exuded confidence that advertisers will be back “soon eugh” on social media platform and said that company is t going to change its approach because of a threat to a “small percent” of revenue.

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