Facebook’s new ad wants you to forget about that whole subverting democracy thing

This time, it will be different. This time, and I know you’ve heard this before, but this time Facebook’s really going to change. 

Yes, I know the company allowed third-party apps to scrape your data, and yes it allowed Russian trolls to foment race-based violence on its platform, but that’s not who Facebook really is. Don’t believe me? Well then take a look at this genuine and authentic and not-at-all-focus-grouped 60-second ad spot that the company released today. 

“We came here for the friends,” begins the advertisement. “But then something happened, we had to deal with spam, clickbait, fake news, and data misuse. That’s going to change.” Read more…

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