The policy Facebook is rolling with is that fact-checking politicians who lie somehow undermines our democracy?

Do you really want Mark Zuckerberg deciding what is true?

Fact-checking is the job of the public, not the platform. There is no bright line between true and false in political ads. That’s what Times v. Sullivan is all about. If a statement is malicious and false, the victim can sue. Otherwise, neither the speaker nor the publisher is liable. Changing that rule just because we’re too stupid to govern ourselves right now is surrender to censorship.

I’m fine with Twitter’s decision to ban ads, but that is the only solution to false ads. Making the platform decide is idiotic and those who support that idea are either thoughtless or disingenuous. Fact-checking by Facebook cannot work, and so it will not happen.