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Facebook lets users block political ads, aiming to quell outcry

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Adam Chiara, a University of Hartford professor who follows social media and politics, said Facebook's announcement may be a public relations move with little real impact.

Facebook will allow users to stop seeing political ads, but analysts said it remained unclear if the move would curb social media misinformation. AFP/File/Olivier DOULIERY

The feature being rolled out in the United States from Wednesday and some other countries will give Facebook and Instagram users the option of blocking paid ads from candidates and political groups. Facebook vice president of product management and social impact Naomi Gleit said the initiative expands on the social network’s “ad preferences” options which already allowed users to see fewer political ads.

Chiara said Facebook would be able to tout “a victory for not censoring speech” but that it “does nothing to help move away from the toxic speech on the platform.” “I don’t think policies allowing users to opt in or out of advertising are positive for democracy,” she said. Amid a toxic political environment, Twitter last month began labeling or limiting the reach of comments from Trump deemed to be inciting violence or promoting misinformation.

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