Facebook has announced it will prohibit new political advertisements in the week leading up to the US presidential election, in a concession to critics who warn the platform could be used to spread misinformation and manipulate voters in the final days of the campaign.
The move, which marks the company’s biggest action on political advertising to date, is part of election security measures announced by chief executive Mark Zuckerberg on Thursday.
The updated policy will not, however, change Facebook’s controversial decision to exempt political advertising from its usual fact-checking procedure, which was among the issues raised in an audit commissioned by the social media platform.
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