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Facebook to ban new political ads in week before presidential election

In addition to the new restriction, Facebook said it will link any post from a candidate attempting to declare victory before the final results are in to vote counts from Reuters and the National Election Pool.

Until now, CEO Mark Zuckerberg has been adamant about allowing political ads on Facebook and Instagram, even if candidates use those ads to lie or spread misinformation.

Facebook also said it would take down posts on the social network that attempt to discourage people from voting by claiming they'll catch Covid-19 if they go to the polls.

In a post to his Facebook page Thursday, Zuckerberg said the company will block ads that use the coronavirus pandemic to discourage voting.

Posts that attempt to deligitimize the results of the election or legal voting methods, such as voting by mail, will still be allowed but will be labeled with more information about voting, Zuckerberg said.

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