Jul 14, 2020 · Episode 121

Google is the latest FAANG to invest in India, Facebook might ban political ads, and civil rights advocate Rashad Robinson on the ad boycott

2 predictions · 1–1 · 50% accuracy

Scott's predictions2

Facebook will announce a policy banning new political ads only in the final 48 to 72 hours before the November 2020 U.S. election.
“This notion that, forty eight hours before the actual voting booths open, we will not allow political ads.”
Tech · Checkable · by Nov 3, 2020 (inferred)
Didn’t happenResolved Sep 3, 2020
Facebook's political ad cutoff policy, by giving advertisers advance notice, will result in no meaningful loss of political ad revenue for Facebook.
“If you cancel it the last seventy two hours or withhold it, you probably don't lose any revenue because if you give all your advertisers a heads up that that that the windows close for advertising seventy two hours before, you know, call it October 31, they lose no revenue.”
Tech · Judgment call · by Nov 3, 2020 (inferred)
Came trueResolved Nov 3, 2020