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> Political ads will be banned indefinitely after polls close on Nov. 3... Of course.
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> Political ads will be banned indefinitely after polls close on Nov. 3... Of course.
What's the reason not to ban them immediately?
For a mental image, someone paying for a political ad could be running for school board in a medium sized city. A ban on all political ads would restrict that person's ability to explain why they want to be on the school board, and would restrict that person's ability to advocate for new policies in their school district. Why do you want to impose a ban on this?
> Political ads will be banned indefinitely after polls close on Nov. 3... Of course.
See 2000 for a great example.
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What's the reason not to ban them immediately?
It violates the principle of free speech (even if it does not violate the letter of the law in the first amendment). There is nothing inherently bad about paying $1000 (or $1M) for a political ad. For a mental image, someone paying for a political ad could be running for school board in a medium sized city. A ban on all political ads would restrict that person's ability to explain why they want to be on the school bo…
Earlier quoted context omitted.
What's the reason not to ban them immediately?
It violates the principle of free speech (even if it does not violate the letter of the law in the first amendment). There is nothing inherently bad about paying $1000 (or $1M) for a political ad. For a mental image, someone paying for a political ad could be running for school board in a medium sized city. A ban on all political ads would restrict that person's ability to explain why they want to be on the school bo…
I am of course speaking in general terms about future elections rather than making drastic adjustments in the middle of this one.
Much of the problems I see aren't advertising in the traditional sense, but viral content from sketchy sources.
If they wanted to seriously affect this, they would prevent posts from spreading to tens of thousands/ millions of people without being vetted.
> Political ads will be banned indefinitely after polls close on Nov. 3... Of course.
> Political ads will be banned indefinitely after polls close on Nov. 3... Of course.
Google did the same thing: https://www.theverge.com/2020/9/25/21456323/google-election-...
As there is a good chance we won't know the result of this elect on election night (or possibly within the first week), the tech companies seem to be getting in-front of a potential problem to keep campaigns from drumming up any kind of fear about the election results after the polls are closed.