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Facebook restricts political ads posing as news

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Just months before the presidential election, Facebook Inc on Tuesday unveiled a new policy that would prevent U.S. publishers with political ties from running ads presented as news articles.

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  3. "Google and Facebook took the sharpest jabs for alleged abuse of their market power from Democrats and Republicans on Wednesday in a much-anticipated congressional hearing with four of America's most prominent tech CEOs in the hot seat". (July 29, 2020)
  4. "Facebook is feeling pressure from critics for poor marks on policing its platform and a lack of diversity within the company". (July 28, 2020)
  5. "Verizon said on Thursday it was pausing advertising on Facebook in July, in support of a campaign that called out the social media giant for not doing enough to stop hate speech on its platforms". (June 26, 2020)
  6. "[NFA] Facebook ended a one-week blackout of Australian news on its popular social media site on Friday and announced preliminary commercial agreements with three small local publishers". (February 26, 2021)
  7. "The S&P 500 and Dow fell Thursday on weak economic data. But shares of Apple, Facebook, and Amazon surged in extended trading after the tech titans reported strong earnings". (July 30, 2020)
  8. "Rupert Murdoch's News Corp reached a content-supply deal with Facebook in Australia, the companies said on Tuesday, a step toward settling a dispute that saw the social media giant briefly shut down thousands of pages in the country". (March 16, 2021)
  9. "Australia will force U.S. tech giants Facebook Inc and Alphabet Incs Google to pay Australian media outlets for news content in a landmark move to protect independent journalism that will be watched around the world. Libby Hogan reports". (July 31, 2020)
  10. "In response to criticism that it is not doing enough to safeguard its platform from manipulation and misinformation tied to the U.S. election in November, [NFA] Facebook on Thursday it would stop taking political ads a week before the vote, fact-check any claims of victory ahead of an official tally, and target posts which try to suppress the vote. Conway G. Gittens has more". (September 3, 2020)
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