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		</div><p>Mark Zuckerberg has continued to defend Facebook’s stance on political advertising, saying the public should be able to judge “the character of politicians” for themselves.</p>
<p>The social network faces increased scrutiny for allowing political adverts to remain on its platform, as the UK prepares to go the polls next week and with a US president election on the horizon.</p>
<p>Speaking to the CBS This Morning programme, the Facebook chief was confronted on the subject once again, amid ongoing concern about the spread of misinformation.</p>
<p>The tech entrepreneur said it is a “very complex issue”, and believes people should be able to see what politicians have to say.</p>
<p><em>“What I believe is that in a democracy, it’s really important that people can see for themselves what politicians are saying, so they can make their own judgments,” he explained.</em></p>
<p><em>“And, you know, I don’t think that a private company should be censoring politicians or news.”</em></p>
<p>When asked where ads should be allowed even if they contain false information, he responded:<em> “I think that people should be able to judge for themselves the character of politicians.”</em></p>
<p>Mr Zuckerberg’s defence comes after his company decided to pull adverts by the Conservative Party which used edited versions of BBC footage.</p>
<p>The corporation told the social network that the adverts – featuring edited clips of BBC political editor Laura Kuenssberg and newsreader Huw Edwards – infringed on its intellectual property rights.</p>
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