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Title: Activist announces campaign for CA-Gov 2022 to run false Facebook ads Post by: Sir Mohamed on October 29, 2019, 09:42:13 AM This man is running for governor of California so he can run false Facebook ads (https://edition.cnn.com/2019/10/28/tech/facebook-false-ads-california-governor/index.html)
Quote New York (CNN Business)A San Francisco man is going to extreme lengths to call out Facebook's controversial policy of allowing politicians to run false ads on its platform. On Monday morning, he registered as a candidate in California's 2022 gubernatorial election -- not with the primary goal of becoming governor, but so he can run false Facebook ads of his own. Facebook allows politicians, including candidates for public office, to run ads on its platform that are not fact-checked. That policy has drawn criticism from Democrats who say it will help President Trump's re-election campaign. Former Vice President Joe Biden's campaign wrote to Facebook asking the company to remove a false ad the Trump campaign ran about Biden and Ukraine earlier this month. Facebook denied Biden's request. Adriel Hampton, a political activist who runs his own marketing firm in San Francisco, registered at his local post office on Monday morning as a candidate for governor of California. ... Dude isn't running to become gov, but a fair point about Facebook ads. Not sure though that will make any waves. |