Facebook doubled down on its policy to exclude speech and ads from politicians from its third party fact checking program.
In its response to the Biden campaign, according to the copy of the letter also posted by the CNN reporter, Facebook reiterated its recently-stated policy of taking a hands-off approach to speech by politicians.
Harbath said the company would take steps to reduce the reach of a "viral hoax" shared by a politician, however. Lawmakers like Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., have argued that political advertising laws need to be updated to reflect the wider array of ad platforms available to campaigns. Klobuchar, also a presidential candidate for 2020, introduced a bill called the, which would classify paid internet and digital communications and public or electioneering communications subject to disclosure and record-keeping laws that already apply to other formats like TV and radio.
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