Facebook blocks Trump ads encouraging people to ‘Vote Today’

Facebook Inc. will block a handful of political ads from President Donald Trump’s campaign for violating the company’s rules around voting misinformation by suggesting it’s time to go to the polls.

The ads, which were uploaded Monday to the social-media service, include messages like “Vote Today” and “Election day is today.” Facebook’s election policies ban ads that include misleading information about when and where you can vote. Election Day is Nov. 3.

Facebook stopped accepting new political advertisements on Tuesday, a week before the election, though candidates and their campaigns can continue to promote ads that were previously approved and uploaded to the company’s system. Most of the Trump ads in question were listed Tuesday as “inactive” in Facebook’s ad archive. It’s likely the campaign uploaded the voting ads with plans to re-promote them on Election Day.