⁍ Facebook said last month it would impose a moratorium – or temporary ban – on new political ads in the week before Nov. 3.

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⁍ The company stopped accepting new political or issue ads on Tuesday.

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⁍ Facebook said it would allow pre-existing ads to run during that period but would block any adjustments to the ads’ content or design.

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– Facebook says it’s “investigating the issues of some ads being paused incorrectly, and some advertisers having trouble making changes to their campaigns.” The social media giant announced a temporary moratorium on new political ads last month as the election season heated up, Reuters reports. On Tuesday, Facebook stopped accepting new political or issue ads until Nov. 3. “We’re investigating the issues of some ads being paused incorrectly, and some advertisers having trouble making changes to their campaigns,” the company said in a statement. Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden’s digital director slammed Facebook on Twitter Tuesday, saying its systems broke “within seconds of launching the silly, performative pre-election hoop-jumping exercise.” A Biden spokesman said an undisclosed number of his campaign’s ads were affected. Under pressure to crack down on misinformation and other abuses, Facebook said last month it would impose a moratorium—or temporary ban—on new political ads in the week before Nov. 3 in an attempt to tamp down on misinformation on social media as Election Day approached. The company stopped accepting new political or issue ads on Tuesday. Facebook said it would allow pre-existing ads to run during that period but would block any adjustments to the ads’ content or design. A Facebook spokeswoman declined to answer Reuters questions, but Facebook’s director of product management Rob Leathern said on Twitter: “We’re investigating the issues of some ads being paused incorrectly, and some advertisers having trouble making changes to their campaigns.”