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Facebook will refuse political advertisements that seek an early win in November
Facebook would condemn Donald Trump's and Joe Biden's advertisements declaring victory before the US election winner is declared.
The move is an upgrade to the policy CEO Mark Zuckerberg revealed on 3 September, which banned political advertising the week before the election, as reported by Fast Business. That strategy may not have discouraged Trump or Biden from launching advertisements right after the election. Any presidential nominee will start declaring victory at 12:01AM PT on the 4th of November.
Although the results of the presidential race are normally announced on election night, the process is likely to take longer this year due to mail-in ballots.
Experts claim that, since more Democrats are likely to vote by mail than Republicans, Trump might retain the lead the night of the election, but he falls behind Biden as more ballots are counted. This situation makes it critical that disinformation about the election outcome does not go viral before the winner is publicly announced. Although the proposed proposal is not aimed at Trump, there might be questions over the incumbent president declining to give in to the explanation.
We will condemn campaign advertisements that demand victory before the results of the 2020 elections have been announced, the tech giant said in a statement to the Fast Business.
Zuckerberg revealed that, the week before the election, the organization would stop taking new political advertising. It's crucial that campaigns will run out of voting campaigns, and I usually agree that more speech is the strongest antidote to bad speech, but in the final days of the election, there might not be enough time to challenge new arguments, he wrote in a Facebook post.
As part of the wider approach, Facebook said it would also mark posts that attempt to raise questions about the validity of the election as well as the material of political campaigns that declare an early win. The new regulations are part of the continuing activities of the business to avoid political intervention across its channels.
