Facebook said it’s readied new safeguards
for the 2020 U.S. elections that have it better
prepared to deal with candidates who
prematurely declare victory or contest official
results and the possibility of voter intimidation
by alleged — and potentially armed —
“poll watchers.”
In the former case, Facebook plans to halt all
political advertisements once polls close on Nov.
3, an extension of an earlier restriction on new
political ads in the week leading up to Election