Facebook remains committed to keep lying political ads on its platform, saying that private companies shouldn’t make decisions about them.
Instead of banning such ads across the platform, Facebook has opted to introduce new tools for users to limit the way they interact with political ads. The company has expanded its Ad Library tool, an archive which shows all the political ads running on Facebook or Instagram, by adding information on approximately how many people ads reach.
Why would Facebook ban its source of income?
Check It Out: Facebook Deeply Committed to Keep Lying Political Ads
I keep hoping that things like this are self limiting. That maybe if Facebook keeps fowling its nest, that eventually people will get sick of it and move elsewhere. I’ve seen hints of that, but nothing concrete.
I wish that were was a good alternative, one that I could get my aunts and uncles to use.