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Facebook to allow users to turn off the political ads

Jun 17,2020 8:49 am

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg says that users will be able to turn off political ads on the Social Network in the run-up to the 2020 US election.

In a piece Today written for the USA, he also says he hopes to help the four million Americans as new voters.

Facebook has included heavy criticism for the opportunity to show politicians the wrong information.

a rival to The Social platform Twitter banned political advertising last October.

"For those of You who wrote out of their heads and only want that the election is over, we hear You -we also see the introduction of the possibility to turn to political ads," Mr Zuckerberg.

Facebook and its subsidiary Instagram will give users the option to turn off political ads, if they appear, or You can lock them down with the settings functions.

users who have blocked, political advertising should also be able to report them if they continue to appear.

The function that will start rolling out on Wednesday, allows users to disable the political, electoral and social issue advertising by candidates and other organizations that Paid for the "" political disclaimer.

The Company said it plans to the feature for all US users in The Next few weeks and offer it in other countries this fall.

Mr Zuckerberg went on to encourage people to register not registered as voters in order to have time for the US election in November.

“Voting voice. It is the most powerful expression of democracy, The Best way to hold our politicians accountable, and, as we have many of the problems that has to fight for Our Country . "

“I think Facebook has a responsibility not only to prevent voter suppression -- which disproportionately targets people of color But actively support well-informed voter engagement, registration, and turnout. "

As part of the initiative "a new information hub, The so-called Voting Information Center , will be at The Top of the American users' Facebook and Instagram feeds from the beginning of July.

more information about the programme, How To register to vote and details on mail-in-ballot.

The Company also said it will share reliable information from state and local election authorities.

Facebook is estimated that The Hub will reach 160 million Americans, the of the 3. November Election.

Social Media companies are at the centre of a political storm in the run-up to the US election.

Last month, Mr Zuckerberg criticism for leaving faced a number of contributions of President Donald Trump , including one that Twitter marked with misleading information about mail-in ballots.

It was the First Time that Twitter is still marked by the US President tweets.

in may, Mr Trump under an executive order signed some of the legislation aims at the elimination of protection given to Social Media platforms.

It came as Mr Trump continue to blame the companies like Twitter and Facebook, the overwhelming conservative votes.



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Source of news: bbc.com

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