Facebook has said it will stop accepting political ads a week before the U.S. election, as its chief executive, Mark Zuckerberg, warned of a “growing risk of civil unrest across the country.”

Explaining the move, Mr. Zuckerberg Said: “This Selection Not going to be business as usual. We all have a responsibility to protect our democracy. “

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In preparation for, Facebook “New political and commercials are going to be released in the final week of the campaign.”

“So in the week before the election, we will not publish new political or advertisements,” Mr Zuckerberg added, although already running political and issue advertisements will be allowed to continue.

He said Facebook was encouraging voters to vote as well as taking steps to prevent misinformation and preparing candidates to announce premature results.

In particular he warned that Coronavirus The epidemic, which resulted in people voting in the mail, could lead to delays in counting votes.

“Many experts are predicting that on election night we may not have a final result,” he wrote.

“It is important that we prepare in advance for this possibility and understand that there may be a time of intense demands and counter-claims as the final results are calculated.

“This can be a very hot time, so we are preparing the following policies to help with the days and weeks after the polls close,” he said.

Facebook will place a voting information center panel at the top of both Facebook and Instagram “almost days before the election” where video tutorials on postal voting and information on registration deadlines will be included.

This panel will “prepare people for the possibility that it may take some time to get official results [which] It will help people understand that there is nothing wrong with not getting results on election night. “

In July, Donald Trump refused to accept the election results because he rejected the legitimacy of the election, which led him and his supporters to back Democrat candidate Joe Biden, expressing concern that the result would not be accepted.

The U.S. president was previously allowed to post false information about the postal vote by Facebook and Twitter and yesterday Encouraged North Carolina supporters to vote twice To make sure their ballots are counted in the November election