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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.