Facebook will allow users to turn off political ads in the next few weeks, a significant policy change coming after months of criticism thatpoliticians and political groups could run ads containing false information on its platform.
In aUSA Todayop-ed on Tuesday, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg wrote that, "For those of you who’ve already made up your minds and just want the election to be over, we hear you — so we’re also introducing the ability to turn off seeing political ads." Zuckerberg added that Facebook will display a Voting Information Center tab at the top of U.S.
users’ news feeds and on Instagram, with information on how, when and where to vote as well as helping people to register to vote.
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