SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Online platforms including Facebook and Alphabet Inc's Google face growing pressure to stop carrying political ads that contain false or misleading claims ahead of the U.S.

A bill that would regulate what we have long believed is the most insidious, most unfair, most disgusting type of political advertising was introduced in the Tennessee legislature earlier this week.

A new analysis of political advertisers found that the platform profits from ads that include deepfakes and other content prohibited by its own policies. Recent Meta ads have included fabricated ...