Facebook to Lift Political Advertising Ban Starting March 4
- U.S. political ads have been blocked since early January
- Company promises to “take a closer look” at ad policies
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Facebook Inc. will end a ban on political advertising in the U.S. on Thursday, opening its social networking sites for ads about politics, elections and social issues for the first time in months.
The company halted all new political ads in the U.S. in the week leading up to November’s general election, and then stopped all political and social issue ads in the weeks following as then-President Donald Trump publicly fought the outcome. Facebook allowed some political ads around a Senate runoff in Georgia in early January, but blocked all political ads again on Jan. 6.