Facebook Employees Want Company to Reverse Political Ad Fact-Checking Policies Breitbart

In the letter, the employees state:Free speech and paid speech are not the same thing, and argue that exempting candidates ads from fact-checkingallows politicians to weaponize our platform by targeting people who believe that content posted by political figures is trustworthy.

The signed letter representing 250 employees only accounts for less than 1 percent of Facebooks 40,000-person staff but does put pressure publicly on Facebook to review its fact-checking policies.

The letter also asked Facebook to better distinguish political ads from user-created content and to limit political advertisers ability to address ads to focus on custom-designed audiences, such as targeting specific areas or ethnicities.

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