Quasi-sovereign megacorporation Google will disallow political ads to run on its platforms the moment polls close on Election Day next month, Axios reports on an effort to preempt any false claims of wins, fundraising for “Stop the Steal” v2, or any similar democracy-subverting cuntery.
A spokesperson confirmed the policy, saying they were moving on it “out of an abundance of caution and to limit the potential for confusion, given the likelihood that votes will continue to be counted after Election Day,” and that it applies to any US election ads or ads that refer to US elections, their processes or outcomes. Facebook will implement similar rules even earlier, with all political ads banned during election week. Twitter owner Elon Musk did not comment for the story but if he did he probably would say “Mark Cuckerberg and Jew-gle are the real election interferers.”