Facebook keeps getting bigger as it fights off checks on its power

Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge Just minutes before Facebook released its third quarter earnings this afternoon, Twitter dropped a mic at its feet: CEO Jack Dorsey made the surprise announcement that his social network will ban political advertising starting in November to “focus our efforts on the root problems, without the additional burden and complexity taking money brings.”Dorsey’s position was clear. These types of ads are risky when combined with the influen