Facebook allowed, then removed, ads soliciting donations to a fake Trump campaign page

An "obviously fake" Facebook page presenting itself as part of the Trump campaign was able to run political ads on the site unchecked, while also linking to a scam website soliciting donations, CNN reports. 

It's a bad look for Facebook, which has come under increased pressure lately for its terrible stance on political advertising – a stance that can basically be summed up by the shrugging emoji, and has been publicly slammed by the company's own employees.

Established in March this year, the DonaldTrumpCampaign Facebook page featured many of Trump's talking points and rhetoric, but only seemed to have paid for ads.  Read more...