Facebook Bans Ads That 'Advise People Not to Participate in Census'

Facebook Inc., which has come under fire for allowing politicians to run misleading advertisements, said it will ban any ads that aim to limit participation in next year’s U.S. census, which officials and lawmakers fear could be targeted by disinformation aiming to disrupt the count. The census is used to determine each state's representation in the U.S. Congress and to guide the allocation of as much as $1.5 trillion a year in federal funds.