How to Block Annoying Political Posts on Facebook
During Election period, either home or abroad, we all know that political parties and its candidates leverage on social media giants like Facebook, Twitter, and others to create more political awareness, manifestos, campaigns, among other things. These also made some social users use these social apps to spread fake videos, hate and unlawful utterances, and propaganda’s to millions of social users. On Aug 21, the Facebook team was summoned for political hate speech in India while in Oct 2019, tech Giants testified before Congress due to their incapability of censoring all hateful political posts from Facebook.
In this post, you will learn how to block annoying political posts on Facebook, so you can enjoy some controversy-free time on your favorite social network
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Snooze to Hide Political Facebook Posts from Friends
Everyone has a friend or acquaintance who stirs the pot by sharing a politically charged post. Want to turn them off until after the election is over? You can block political posts from your friends on Facebook right from your Facebook feed using the following steps.
- Scroll to the political Facebook post you want to hide.

- Select the ellipsis icon in the upper right corner of the post.

- Select Snooze [name of the source] for 30 days.

Unfollow Groups With Political Facebook Posts
Though many Facebook groups ban political posts, some do not, and they can be an unexpected source of annoying political Facebook posts. Here’s how you can block these political posts from your Facebook feed
- Open the group that you don’t want to see.
- Select the ellipsis icon in the upper right corner of the group page.

- Select Unfollow Group.

Change Facebook Ad Settings to Reduce Political Ads
You also can turn off political ads in the Ad settings of your Facebook profile. Open Facebook in your web browser and follow these steps to cut back on the political Facebook posts that you see.
- Select the downward pointing arrow icon in the upper right corner.

- Select Settings & Privacy.

- Then Select Settings to view all your account settings.

- Scroll down and select Ads in the left column to view your Ad Preferences.

- Select Ad Topics to change which ads that you see.

- Find and select the option for Select Social Issues, Elections or Politics.

- Select See fewer ads about this topic.

Hide All Political Facebook Ads by a Specific Advertiser
If you encounter a political ad you really don’t like, you can block the individual or organization that sponsored the political ad in just a few steps.
- Find the advertisement you want to hide.

- Select the ellipsis icon in the upper right of the ad.

- Select Why am I seeing this ad? which explains why this ad is on your News Feed.

- Select Hide to the right of Hide all ads from this advertiser.

Report a Misleading Political Facebook Ad
You occasionally may encounter a political Facebook ad that has misleading information or contains fake news. You can report that post to Facebook and ask the social network to remove it. Follow these few simple steps to report a false Facebook advertisement.
- Find the ad that you want to report.

- Select the ellipsis icon in the upper right of the ad.

- Click Report ad.

- Choose the reason why you are reporting the ad.

- Select the Submit button to send your report to Facebook.

What Facebook Is Doing
Facebook is doing its part by banning any new political ads submitted in the week before the election. Candidates will not be able to launch any last-minute advertisements to sway voters. It will still allow existing ads to run in the waning weeks of the campaign, though.
Unlike Twitter, which has been removing ads it deems to contain lies or misinformation, Facebook has stayed out of the political fray. The social network is only removing advertisements that attempt to dissuade people from voting using the coronavirus pandemic. Facebook isn’t removing controversial ads, but the company is labeling them as misinformation, reducing their overall impact.