The policy means that Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, will be able to directly profit from political ads that boost false claims about the legitimacy of the 2020 election. The 2020 election was not rigged or stolen. Dozens of lawsuits attempting to challenge the 2020 presidential election results were dismissed at the state and federal levels in states across the country following a push to overturn the outcome that began in November 2020. But more recently, social platforms have shifted in how they handle election advertisements and misinformation related to the 2020 election. It also said it would prohibit political advertisers from using the company’s new, artificial intelligence tools that help brands generate text, backgrounds and other marketing content.

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Persons: Meta, Donald Trump, X, Michael Aciman, –, Brian Fung Organizations: New, New York CNN, Facebook, Street, Washington Post, Meta, YouTube, Twitter Locations: New York, United States, Brazil, Israel, Italy, YouTube’s