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Facebook Took More Than $1 Million For Ads Sowing Election Lies

The ads, live as of today, falsely claimed that Democrats plan to postpone the election and insinuated that Vice President Kamala Harris might drop out of the race.

Meta spokesperson Ryan Daniels said: “We’re reviewing the ads and will remove any that violate our policies.” Rickards did not respond to a request for comment by press time. In 2016, Russia’s Internet Research Agency used both ads and “organic” posts on Facebook to manipulate and divide U.S. voters, steering them toward the candidacy of Donald Trump. In 2020, Facebook and WhatsApp were widely used by disgruntled supporters of former President Trump to spread “stop the steal” conspiracy theories and orchestrate the January 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol.

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