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Facebook Blacklists Ads Aimed at 'Census Interference'

Facebook announced this week that they win ban any advertisements and user content that misleads users about the 2020 United States Census.

According to a report by Reuters, Facebook has announced that they will ban all advertisements that attempt to limit participation in the United States census.

These policies are due in large part to the work being done with the civil rights community through our civil rights audit and represent the culmination of a months-long process between Facebook, the US Census Bureau and experts with diverse backgrounds to develop thoughtful rules around prohibiting census interference on our platforms and making sure people can use their voice to be counted.

In September, a meme spread on Facebook that falsely claimed robbers were accessing homes by posing as government workers seeking census information, the report reads.

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