Dissent at Facebook over hands-off stance on political ads
If Facebook decides which political ads are truthful, then either they reject <i>all</i> political ads (because when was the last time someone ran a political ad that was wholly truthful?), or else they have do decide where to draw the line.  Wherever they draw the line, they're going to reject someone's ad, and be exposed to screams of how they're biased for the other side.  That's not going to end well for them.<p>I mean, just running them all is <i>also</i> getting Zuckerberg raked over the coals[1], but I think picking and choosing which ads are "truthful enough" is going to be worse.<p>And that's if Facebook is actually completely unbiased.  If this becomes a vehicle for the biases of those at FB charged with judging the ads, that's even worse.<p>[1] Zuck was getting raked over the coals in the name of truth, but I suspect it was at least partly because those who did so thought they would benefit politically if FB censored their opponents' ads.