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Why does facebook continue to allow the running of political ads and all the headache that comes with it (despite it being a minuscule piece of it's overall rev
by DenverR 7y ago
Why does facebook continue to allow the running of political ads and all the headache that comes with it (despite it being a minuscule piece of it's overall revenue)? Power. You can see this as being the most tone-deaf way possible to address the problem, or as a power grab to become an arbiter of truth.
- ceejayoz 7y agoThe right-wing has been claiming anti-conservative bias in big tech for a while now. Banning political ads, even if done across the board, would be likely to ramp that up dramatically. https://www.theverge.com/2019/8/6/20756734/trump-google-anti-conservative-bias-claims-tweets https://www.theverge.com/2019/8/6/20756734/trump-google-anti... For example: https://www.marketwatch.com/story/republicans-criticize-googles-new-policy-reining-in-political-ads-2019-11-26 https://www.marketwatch.com/story/republicans-criticize-goog... > President Donald Trump’s reelection campaign and other Republican election groups criticized tech giant Google on Tuesday for making it harder for political advertisers to target specific types of people. The GOP groups said the changes will lead directly to suppressing voter turnout and would “disproportionately” hurt Republican candidates.
- lightbyte 7y agoThe right-wing makes all sorts of false claims of victim-hood constantly, who cares.
- ceejayoz 7y agoSaid right-wing currently controls the Senate, the White House, is appointing large numbers of Federal judges, etc. It's not shocking for Facebook to want to avoid worsening relations with people holding significant power to regulate them. No one really wants to be the subject of a Trump tweetstorm, either.