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Hundreds of employees criticize Facebook's political ad policies

In the letter, obtained by The New York Times, the employees argue that allowing misinformation to run could increase distrust in Facebook and undermine Facebook's integrity.

They recommend six ways to remedy the situation, including holding political ads to the same standards as other ads, restricting political ad targeting and clearer policies in general.

Our current policies on fact checking people in political office, or those running for office, are a threat to what FB stands for.

While we've seen Google employees speak out about company policies and Amazon employees walk out, internal dissent like this is fairly rare for Facebook.

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Author: Christine Fisher

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