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People are upset because he’s allowing ads that flat out lie simply because they’re a political ad. If the some Democratic nominee put out an ad saying “Trump r
by colejohnson66 7y ago
People are upset because he’s allowing ads that flat out lie simply because they’re a political ad. If the some Democratic nominee put out an ad saying “Trump reverses decision to ban LGBTQ+ from the military,” despite it being blatantly false (there’s no gray truth in that), they would allow it.
This rule means I could go form a PAC and post a ridiculous ad like “Voting for Biden will give you AIDS.” That has no basis in reality, yet from Zuckerberg’s words, it sounds like they would allow it.
- tathougies 7y agoGood! That's fantastic. Some people believe those things. It's not just your voice and those of people like you that should be heard in a democracy. No one in any country has sole authority to determine 'fact'. If they did, we should just appoint them to be king, call them 'god', and be done with the whole government thing.
- colejohnson66 7y agoThe courts have already upheld the FTC’s authority many times in regards to false and deceptive advertising. I can’t legally make an ad that says “Vaccines cause autism; Buy homeopathic natural remedies!” Why is political advertising any different? Because then someone is the arbitrator of truth? The FTC does that already, just not with politics.