Facebook says it has reinstated its political advertising ban as part of the company’s efforts to fight misinformation, after partly easing the restriction ahead of the Senate runoff elections in Georgia. In an update to a blog post explaining the platform’s political ads policy, Facebook on Jan. 5 said Georgia users will join the rest of the United States to be subject to the ban on political ads. The nationwide ban had been temporarily lifted in Georgia to allow messages of candidates competing for Georgia’s two U.S. Senate seats to reach more voters. “Following the Georgia runoff election, starting early January 6, 2021, we will no longer allow ads about the Georgia runoff elections on our platform in line with our existing nationwide social issues, electoral or political ads pause,” the post reads. “Any ads about the Georgia runoff elections will be paused and advertisers will no longer be able …