Facebook Won’t Let Trump Falsely Claim Victory

The New York Times reports:

Facebook on Thursday moved to clamp down on any confusion about the November election on its service, rolling out a series of changes to limit voter misinformation and to prevent interference from President Trump and other politicians.

The social network, in one of its most sweeping sets of election actions, said it planned to bar any new political ads on its site in the week before Election Day. It said it would also strengthen measures against posts that try to dissuade people from voting.

Postelection, Facebook said it would quash any candidates’ attempts at claiming false victories by redirecting users to accurate information on the results.

Facebook has announced yet another raft of measures in its mission to prevent a repeat of its catastrophic 2016 election cycle https://t.co/95ZLzG0TJu

— The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast) September 3, 2020