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    zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 29 Oct 2019

    zeynep tufekci Retweeted Donie O'Sullivan

    This makes no sense. A candidate can’t pay Facebook to spread lies if they admit that’s what they’re doing. But if they don’t explicitly admit it, Facebook will take their money to spread their lies? (There’s no easy way to fix paid digital microtargeting for political messages).https://twitter.com/donie/status/1189325948040220673 …

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    Donie O'SullivanVerified account @donie
    A Facebook spokesperson telling CNN: “This person has made clear he registered as a candidate to get around our policies, so his content, including ads, will continue to be eligible for third-party fact-checking.”
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      1. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 29 Oct 2019

        With this, Facebook is declaring that it won't decide what's an outright lie in political ads but it will decide who is an actual political candidate. The former is much more within their rights (despite all the complexities) but the latter one isn't their job or right at all.

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      2. Ryan Fairchild‏Verified account @fairchild 29 Oct 2019
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        Apparently Facebook can determine if you're a fake candidate, but if you pass that high bar, they can't determine if you're running fake ads. I would say what a joke, but this is one step away of blocking legitimate candidates from running ads.

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      3.  ❄ a travesty in 9 parts  ❄‏ @travofoz 29 Oct 2019
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        they didnt determine he was fake, they just determined they dont like the single issue his entire platform is about. Issue candidates are nothing new, "im running to fix this one thing. I will fill that pothole on main and 5th." @facebook has made an unbelievable error.

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      1. Ali Alkhatib‏ @_alialkhatib 29 Oct 2019
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        facebook's just winging it from one bad decision to the nexthttps://twitter.com/_alialkhatib/status/1188934892559536128 …

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        Ali Alkhatib @_alialkhatib
        Replying to @broderick
        Facebook is backing itself into a corner where they're either going to credulously accept literally any claim that someone is running, or become (to some extent) the judges of one's earnestness of candidacy for local/regional elections, all to avoid taking down bullshit content.
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      1. Iosif Dzhugashvili‏ @IC_LHR_CDG 29 Oct 2019
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        Trump ran as a way to enhance his brand not as a serious candidate.

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      1. John Dougherty (jd), PhD‏ @jdcshaverford 29 Oct 2019
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        There must be a lot of money involved to go thru these contortions.

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      1. Oren Levine | اورن لوين | אורן לוין‏ @olevine 29 Oct 2019
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        At this stage all I want to hear from FB is "Yes, these are hard problems, we don't have a good solution yet, and we're listening"

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      2. rst‏ @rsthau 29 Oct 2019
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        *Part* of the problem with microtargeted ads is that they're invisible to everyone except the targets. This at least may be curable - FB could allow anyone to search for current ads with particular topic keywords and targeting. Leaves other problems though.

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      1. Rich Felker‏ @RichFelker 29 Oct 2019
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        No, that's just the bs excuse. The real rule is simple. A candidate can pay Facebook to spread lies if they're a Republican (and aligned with 45). If they're a Democrat or independent or opposed to him, they can't. It's really that simple.

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