Elections

Fresh Off the 2016 Debacle, Facebook Backs Away From the 2020 Election Debates

STRATEGIC RESTRAINT

The tech giant has had a politically difficult year and a half—and the current inclination is to lay a bit low.

Maxwell Tani
Maxwell Tani 

Media reporter

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Maxwell Tani

Maxwell Tani

Media reporter

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