Facebook is preparing for various scenarios after the 2020 US presidential election, including the use of this platform by President Donald Trump to delegitimize the results.
Other scenarios that Facebook is preparing for include the possibility that Trump will declare on this platform that he won the election, or that he will deny the validity of the results, saying that the Postal Service lost the votes or that other groups interfered. elections.
Facebook executives, according to sources from Digital Trends, are now discussing how to reduce the chances that the platform will be used to manipulate the November election.
One of the ideas is to completely ban political ads after the elections, because these ads can be used to spread misinformation, reports KOHA.
According to The New York Times, YouTube and Twitter have also discussed similar plans, but it is not yet known exactly what concrete measures will be taken on this matter.
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