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October 28, 2019 07:49 pm GMT
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Facebook kept removing his fake Green New Deal ad, so now he's running for office
After Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez took on Mark Zuckerberg, a progressive group ran a blatantly false ad to test the limits of Facebook’s new policies.
Now, after that ad was removed, a person behind the group is running for governor of California to make a point: Facebook is letting politicians, including Donald Trump, spread lies.
On Saturday, Facebook removed a video ad promoted by a left-leaning PAC known as The Really Online Lefty League (check the acronym: TROLL). The ad falsely claimed that Republican Sen. Lindsay Graham supported the Green New Deal, legislation addressing climate change and economic inequality pushed by many progressive Democrats, including Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. Read more...
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