Why Facebook can’t stop politicians from lying

Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge If you see an ad on Facebook, should the contents of that ad be true? Historically, the answer has been yes. The company’s posted advertising guidelines prohibit “misinformation,” defined here as “ads that include claims debunked by third-party fact checkers or, in certain circumstances, claims debunked by organizations with particular expertise.”
As of this week, though, that policy comes with an asterisk. As Judd Legum