First day of Facebook moratorium on new US political ads marked by glitches

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The first day of Facebook Inc's effort to stop new political advertising being introduced in the final stretch of U.S. election campaigning was ...

The first day of Facebook Inc's effort to stop new political advertising being introduced in the final stretch of U.S. election campaigning was marked by complaints that the planned moratorium was beset by glitches.

Under pressure to crack down on misinformation and other abuses, Facebook said last month it would impose a moratorium - or temporary ban - on new political ads in the week before Nov. 3 in an attempt to tamp down on misinformation on social media as Election Day approached. Republican and Democratic digital strategists complained that the glitches were hurting campaigns at a critical moment.

Ryan Morgan, the founder of Democratic digital advertising firm Veracity Media, said he'd heard of problems from several colleagues.

 

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