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 @ISIDEWITHDiscuss this answer...7yrs7Y

Yes

 @BD87N87 from Tennessee  agreed…3wks3W

Fearmongering works, unfortunately, and political advertising uses this to increase society's overall anxiety levels. This makes people easy to lie to.

 @B2FG44C from Indiana  disagreed…1yr1Y

No, political advertising is one of the best ways for statements to spread through the audience now.

  @JonBSimConstitutionfrom Kentucky  disagreed…4yrs4Y

No

Only smear campaigns.

Or banning local ads to regions. Tennesseans should not see ads for Wisconsin senators.

 @ISIDEWITHDiscuss this answer...7yrs7Y

No

 @BD93LG2Independence from Louisiana  disagreed…3wks3W

If a presadent were able to advertise on social midea then we would only be able to see the one that the algorithum flavors

 @BD8NS8N from Illinois  disagreed…3wks3W

In this case the winner will not be the politition who works for government, a politition that bought better and. will be the winner.

 @BD87N87 from Tennessee  disagreed…3wks3W

Social media is effectively the town square in the modern age. Political advertising must be able to take place where political discussion typically happens.

 @BDCQCBJ from Texas  disagreed…2wks2W

Social media has become a cesspool of misinformation, and banning political advertising could be quite beneficial and facilitate reasonable discourse.

 @8MNZDP8 from New York  answered…6yrs6Y

Not necessarily, but social media companies should receive many more regulations

 @8JCJLWVUnity from Texas  answered…6yrs6Y

This is an important topic but it is unclear if this should be solved by law. The appropriate application of law is probably via another channel, namely monopoly approaches.

 @8M2N46D from Missouri  answered…6yrs6Y

 @8FSLQPY from New Jersey  answered…6yrs6Y

 @8KZ52SJ from Pennsylvania  answered…6yrs6Y

No, but they should be more intentional about their algorithms and balance of partisan representations

 @9BQVKHK from Virginia  answered…3yrs3Y

 @8ZC5JGP from Illinois  answered…4yrs4Y

 @8FDMGXN from Kentucky  answered…6yrs6Y

It should definitely be cut down quite a bit, there are too many ads on political candidates.

 @8WC73KP from Illinois  answered…5yrs5Y

 @8G86QHM from Arizona  answered…6yrs6Y

 @8GPJQH6 from Indiana  answered…6yrs6Y

 @8NXSDN9Progressive from Vermont  answered…6yrs6Y

No, but they should be completely unbiased

 @8NXQSMG from Pennsylvania  disagreed…6yrs6Y

Advertising is important to the advertiser. The advertiser wouldn’t be unbiased as it wouldn’t be advertising what they are being payed to advertise.

  @mechanicalloser from Texas  answered…2yrs2Y

I believe that social media companies have a responsibility to ensure that political advertising is truthful, promotes healthy democratic engagement, and does not harm the social fabric.

 @9L74FFC from North Carolina  answered…2yrs2Y

Not ban, but it should be firmly regulated. All ads of that nature should be clearly labeled as political in nature, and their source should be clearly identified and removed if the ad is clear misinformation.

 @9DNBB9V from New York  answered…3yrs3Y

No, but ads should be shown to all users and not based on personal preferences and algorithms

 @9FJ2QRBDemocrat from Texas  answered…3yrs3Y

I think for the times we are in now, they shouldn't, but they should absolutely have the right to ban it.

 @9F9YKKQ from Washington  answered…3yrs3Y

 @9DVYHVKProgressive from Ohio  answered…3yrs3Y

If it is blatantly false or slandering other candidates, then it should not be allowed. Otherwise, I believe it is fine.

 @9DRRZJZ from Alaska  commented…3yrs3Y

I don't trust the government to determine what is "blatantly false" and "slander" because of course this will be judged not impartially but based on what benefits the preservation of its own power.

 @8NWYJ3J from Florida  answered…6yrs6Y

 @8XX9SLNfrom Arizona  answered…4yrs4Y

 @8GFVMNP from California  answered…6yrs6Y

 @8GB7G5H from California  answered…6yrs6Y

I believe they should have fact checkers, and block all political advertisements that do not contain fully truthful statements.

 @8WFLKTZ from California  answered…5yrs5Y

We should leave that up to the social media companies themselves to decide on the individual level.

 @8G9K2VM from Ohio  answered…6yrs6Y

No but if they're going to allow them they should allow them from all of the different sides not just from one specific party

 @8WDQZXN from Massachusetts  answered…5yrs5Y

Depending on the political advertisements, such as far left or far right propaganda that harm our current political sense.

 @B74GGFX  from California  answered…8mos8MO

No, it should be treated as free speech. Of course the FCC and FEC (or whatever it is) should have a role in regulations, however silencing political media will not be the answer.

 @9DRHX76  from Georgia  answered…3yrs3Y

Social media platforms should be neutral in that free speech be protected; as hate speech is not free speech, that would be an exception

 @9DP6MK3 from Washington  answered…3yrs3Y

 @9DL2YXC from Georgia  answered…3yrs3Y

 @9D9KZZXIndependent from Kansas  answered…3yrs3Y

 @9D9LF5J from Virginia  answered…3yrs3Y

 @9D726LMLibertarian from Missouri  answered…3yrs3Y

No, they should not be allowed to suppress opposing viewpoints either.

 @99M7RWQ from Virginia  answered…3yrs3Y

 @988CTF3 from Georgia  answered…3yrs3Y

 @8YHWK85 from Florida  answered…4yrs4Y

 @8TB25GX from New Jersey  answered…5yrs5Y

Social media companies are private and should not be regulated by the government

 @8T646X9 from Colorado  answered…5yrs5Y

 @8SZQ6KJ from Idaho  answered…5yrs5Y

 @8R6CP3XLibertarian from Connecticut  answered…5yrs5Y

 @8NZC5ZMRepublican from Kentucky  answered…6yrs6Y

 @8KN27JW from California  answered…6yrs6Y

No, social media companies should not ban political advertising. Social medias are the most common platforms for spreading ideas and having discussions. Althoigh more needs to be done to fight the spread of disinformation and conspiracies.

 @8HKRDZR from Massachusetts  answered…6yrs6Y

It should be up to the company, but they should only be able to ban official political office advertisements and advertisements by supporting organizations/corporations, not advertisements made by average citizens.

 @8C8GJ3H from Connecticut  answered…6yrs6Y

 @BDM57DF from Ohio  answered…6 days6D

 @BDJZM4JDemocrat from New Jersey  answered…1wk1W

Yes, but allow for users to know when elections are being held, and who their candidates are.

 @BDJVK36  from Washington  answered…2wks2W

Private companies should feel free to do business with whomever they please, including advertisers.

 @BDJK76G from Kansas  answered…2wks2W

 @BDJ7WSJ from Florida  answered…2wks2W

No but if a company is overtly picking a side it can become controversial.

 @BDHZMDQ  from Montana  answered…2wks2W

There should be caps on political advertising, as it is a nuisance to users and consumers

 @BDGTZMGIndependent from Montana  answered…2wks2W

No, but it should be regulated to minimize the spread of disinformation

 @BD99QNM from Illinois  answered…2wks2W

 @BDG9PTB from Vermont  answered…2wks2W

They should be punished for ignoring the existing bans near elections

 @BDDNY3S from California  answered…2wks2W

It shouldn't be banned, but needs to be clearly labelled. All posts that aren't clearly labelled should be removed and they should receive a fine, plus a ban from the platform it was advertised on.

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