Facebook Director of Product Management Rob Leathern reasserted the policy by claiming that "people should be able to hear from those who wish to lead them, warts and all, and that what they say should be scrutinized and debated in public."
Leathern said Facebook does not intend to act the same way as Twitter, which completely bans political ads, or Google that limits the targeting of political ads.
Facebook admitted it received much criticism of its policy on political ads, but it asserted that decisions about those topics should not be made by private companies like Facebook.
Leathern said Facebook will give users more control on how they read political ads, including a functionality that helps them stop seeing ads run by political figures.
He noted that the
Facebook has faced widespread scrutiny over its role in politics since
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