Facebook was running ads with voter fraud conspiracies as recently as this week

Facebook was running ads featuring voter fraud conspiracies up until Wednesday. The ads were paid for by Restoration Action, a conservative super PAC. The ads echo election fraud conspiracies that former President Trump has pushed. Visit the Business section of Insider for more stories. As recently as this Wednesday, Facebook was running ads featuring voter fraud conspiracy language like, “Every illegal vote cancels a legitimate vote.” The ads were from the conservative super PAC Restoration Action, a group that paid Facebook over $380,000 to run ads “about social issues, elections or politics” between April 7 and May 7. The vast majority of those ads focused on Democrat-led election reform legislation that intends to expand voter registration, voting by mail, and early voting, as well as strengthen election security systems. The legislation has already successfully passed through the House, and must now pass through the Senate. Republican leaders have repeatedly attacked the legislation, and former President Donald Trump referred to it as “a monster” during a speech in March. “It virtually eliminates voter ID requirements nationwide, effectively ends all registration deadlines — can you believe this?” he said. Many of the Facebook ads from Restoration Action echo Trump’s sentiment, and at least one features him…
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