Facebook Will Add Georgia Back to Political Advertisement Ban After US Runoff Elections

[ad_1] Facebook will once more ban political ads in Georgia on Wednesday, after the conclusion of the state's runoff elections, it stated in a weblog publish on Tuesday. "This is a part of our ongoing efforts to cut back the potential for confusion or abuse," Facebook instructed advertisers in an e mail seen by Reuters. Last month, Facebook lifted its momentary ban for US political ads in Georgia, because the state ready for runoff elections that will decide which get together controls the US Senate. The election was on Tuesday. Both Facebook and Alphabet's Google had paused political ads after the November 3 presidential election as a part of measures to battle misinformation and different abuses. Democrats and election specialists criticised the bans, saying they have been overly blunt and blocked professional voter registration efforts in Georgia. Re-enabling the ads in mid-December introduced different complications, opening the social media platform to accusations th…