Elizabeth Warren targets Facebook's ad policy – with a Facebook ad

[buboard]

Facebook could just ban political advertising for a year. They don't stand to lose a lot of money, just political influence. It would be a smart move though that would shut the mouths of their rivals in the press.

[pixl97]

I dont think you realize how much money is in political ads.

[nullc]

If the goal was just to make a point-- why not make some gonzo claim that virtually no one would believe and which wouldn't obviously benefit their campaign when anyone does believe it? Something along the lines of "Mark Zuckerberg pregnant with space alien baby!"

This seems like it's playing into the hands of political opponents who might accuse the campaign of being dishonest.

[maguirre]

I would argue that the ad, as it is, proves her point well. Political ads tend to make claims/conclusions that tend to be believable or within the realm of possibility.

[RickJWagner]

I'd think every politician is going to have a Facebook strategy. It probably aligns with age demographics.

They probably need Twitter, etc. for other demographics.

[chromeaway]

Fight fire with fire

-- James Hetfield

[nabla9]

I'm surprised that Warren takes this approach. Did she or her campaign really think this trough?

It seems like Trump successfully turned 'fake news' into mush where people can't distinguish between different categories of speech. Even Dems get confused and can't think starting from first principles. They are asking FB to sensor political speech.

[jmull]

The point is that you can’t trust what you read on Facebook. It looks like they’ve made the point very effectively...

First, the ad itself makes the point viscerally through a bald-face lie. Second, by generating publicity around the ad, greatly multiplying it’s reach.

[qnsi]

Do you in USA have some kind of protection of politicians being deflamed?

In Poland (but just during elections) you can sue other politicians with fast line process that takes I think 24 hours

I think she should aim to regulate ads on social media by some kind of institution, not make FB have more power

[buboard]

That's probably the reason why i think Warren is the only likely candidate to beat trump. She takes a page from his book which imho proves she s more cunning than the other candidates. Her campaign motto is Make the middle class Great again or something (emphasis on RE-build). She has already found her scapegoats, instead of "china" and "mexicans" she has "big tech". And she s good with sticky slogans like 'i ve got a plan'.

[makomk]

I suspect that she was hoping for this ad to be banned so she can get some political talking point out of it. Facebook have a long-standing rule against claiming or implying endorsement by them in ads because it's a favourite tactic of scammers.

[ykevinator]

No they are asking to enforce a standard of "demonstrably false"