Facebook executives said such language, including the words “army” and “battle” would be prohibited in the future, but the ad will not be removed retroactively. The company has previously said it will suspend running new political ads in the week before the election but will allow ads that have previously been approved to continue running. Since then, the company has marshaled significant resources, including designating 35,000 full-time workers and content moderators to spot violations of its speech policies. But Facebook has been slow to both enforce and change its policies to adapt to a shifting political reality in which its rules are often flouted. The company has explored almost a dozen scenarios of both foreign and domestic disinformation for election night and the week after election day.

Source: Washington Post October 07, 2020 21:31 UTC