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Facebook was the future of politics. Now organizers fear that s a thing of the past.
Advocacy group leaders say Facebook s latest policy shift won’t fix its problems with politics, and they fear it will disadvantage organizers who help to usher new people into new movements. | Ross D. Franklin/AP Photo
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Facebook’s decision to permanently stop recommending political groups to its users is a major hit for movements that have grown to rely on social media to draw in first-time activists.
But progressive grassroots organizers and digital campaign strategists saw something else in the tech giant’s announcement: a cop-out.