https://www.siliconvalley.com/2020/09/03/facebook-to-halt-new-political-ads-just-before-u-s-election/ > SAN FRANCISCO, Sept 3 (Reuters) – Facebook Inc said on Thursday it would stop accepting new political ads in the week before the U.S. presidential election in November, bowing to concern that its loose approach to free speech could once again be exploited to interfere with the vote. > The world’s biggest social network also said it was creating a label for posts by candidates or campaigns that try to claimvictory before the election results are official, and widening the criteria for content to be removed as voter suppression.