ToplineFacebook plans to keep its temporary ban on all political advertising for another month, the company told advertisers in an email on Wednesday, Reuters reported, expanding a policy that went into effect on Election Day as President Donald Trump refuses to concede to Joe Biden. Facebook CEO, Mark Zuckerberg, had previously laid out the company's plans to tackle misinformation ... [+] during and after the U.S. The temporary platform-wide ban on political ads — one of Facebook’s election specific measures — was supposed to last at least a week, but the company had indicated that it may be extended further. Google, which has implemented a similar ban on political advertising since election day, has also told advertisers that it is unlikely to lift its ban in November or December, the Journal reported. Further ReadingThis Is How Social Media Platforms Plan To Tackle Election Day And Its Fallout (Forbes)Facebook, Google to Continue Political Ad Ban for Several Weeks (Forbes)

Source: Forbes November 11, 2020 17:15 UTC