Facebook bans ads that seek to delegitimise US elections

Facebook has said it would not allow advertisements on its platforms that suggest voting fraud or invalid results in relation to the coming US elections after President Donald Trump refused to accept the outcome of the November polls in a debate with his rival Joe Biden. The social media giant said in a blog post on Wednesday that the new rules will apply to Facebook and its photo and video-sharing app Instagram. On Tuesday, Trump used the first televised debate with Democratic challenger Biden to amplify his baseless claims that the November 3 presidential election will be “rigged.” Trump has been especially critical of mail-in ballots, and he cited a number of small unrelated incidents to argue that fraud was already happening at scale. Facebook has been under fire for refusing to fact-check political advertisements more broadly and for rampant organic misinformation. style="width: 100%; height: 100%; position: absolute; top: 0; bottom: 0; right: 0; left: 0;">