Facebook Lets Users Turn off Political Ads; Launches Voting Information Center
Jun. 17, 2020Facebook will now let Facebook and Instagram users in the U.S. turn off all political adson the platform. The feature is rolling out today for a limited number of users. It will expand to everyone in the U.S. over the next few weeks and to other countries in the future.
According to Facebook, this featurewill disable all political, electoral, and social issue ads from candidates, Super Political Action Committee(PAC), or other organizations that have the “Paid for by” political disclaimer.
Apart from the political ads control option,the social media giant is launching a Voting Information Center, similar to the company’sCOVID-19 Information Center. Facebook will add the feature to the top of people’s Facebook and Instagram feeds.
According to Facebook, this new Voting Information Center will provide accurate information about voting. Below is what you could expect from the Voting Information Center, as stated in the blog post:
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