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Google removes advertisements served to customers looking for voting information for 'misrepresentation'

Google stated on Monday it had eliminated advertisements for firms that cost folks massive charges to register to vote or harvest their knowledge, which appeared when customers looked for voter info.
Google said on Monday it had removed ads for companies that charge people large fees to register to vote or harvest their data, which appeared when users searched for voter information.

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  2. "Facebook Inc is considering imposing a ban on political ads on its social network in the days leading up to the Nov. 3 elections in the United States, Bloomberg News reported on Friday, citing people familiar with the company's thinking". (July 10, 2020)
  3. "Alphabet Inc's Google will lift its temporary ban on election-related advertisements on Dec. 10, it said on Wednesday". (December 9, 2020)
  4. "Facebook Inc did not notify the more than 530 million users whose details were obtained through the misuse of a feature before 2019 and recently made public in a database, and does not currently have plans to do so, a company spokesman said on Wednesday". (April 7, 2021)
  5. "Most Americans do not trust social media companies to make the right decisions about what should be allowed on their platforms, but trust the government even less to make those choices, according to a poll released on Tuesday by Gallup and the Knight Foundation". (June 16, 2020)
  6. "Top officials from Facebook, Google and Twitter were grilled by U.S. lawmakers on Thursday at a virtual hearing on foreign influence and election security ahead of the Nov. 3 presidential contest". (June 18, 2020)
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  8. "Facebook Inc on Wednesday named the first members of its independent oversight board, which will be able to overturn the company's decisions on individual pieces of content and recommend policy changes". (May 6, 2020)
  9. "Facebook users will now be able to ask the company's independent oversight board to rule on content that has been left up on the platform, not just content that has been taken down, in a key expansion of the panel's scope". (April 13, 2021)
  10. "Facebook Inc said on Friday it had seen no evidence of coordinated foreign interference on its platforms targeting U.S. anti-racism protests, after the U.S. attorney general said foreign groups were trying to exacerbate the situation". (June 5, 2020)
  11. "Facebook Inc on Tuesday said it would lift a temporary post-election ban on political ads in Georgia beginning on Wednesday, as the state prepares for runoff elections next month that will determine which party controls the Senate". (December 15, 2020)
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