Jun 17, 2020

Facebook’s new plan for political ads

Facebook will start what you might call a "hear no evil, see no evil" option for political ads. Drew Angerer/Getty Images

Facebook says it’s going to let people turn off all political ads. This, as several civil rights groups are calling for major advertisers to boycott the platform. Signs of life in the housing market. And, can work-sharing programs prevent layoffs?

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Facebook is going to let users turn off political ads

by David Brancaccio , Nova Safo and Alex Schroeder

Jun 17, 2020

The move comes as civil rights groups call for major advertisers to boycott Facebook, and the Trump administration reportedly proposes legislation on social media platforms.

Facebook and Mark Zuckerberg, personally, have come under criticism from all sides of the political spectrum when it comes to policing content.

Kenzo Tribouillard/AFP via Getty Images

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Work-sharing programs allow companies to keep furloughed workers

by David Wagner

Jun 17, 2020

Not all states have the programs, in which workers' hours are cut and unemployment benefits are used to fill in wages.

An employee at a cafe in Los Angeles in March. Work sharing is one solution to keep people employed during the COVID-19 recession.

Frederic J. Brown/AFP via Getty Images

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Music from the episode

Bright Moments Flamingosis, The Kount

The team

David Brancaccio Host

Victoria Craig Host, BBC

Stephen Ryan Senior Producer, BBC

Jonathan Frewin Producer, BBC

Daniel Shin Producer

Jay Siebold Technical Director

Meredith Garretson Morbey Senior Producer

Alex Schroeder Producer

Erika Soderstrom Producer

Rose Conlon Producer

Brian Allison Technical Director

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