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By now you know about Facebook’s role in politics but how did it get there. And why is it now backing away. 

Today, on Big Tech War Stories, we take you deep inside the company, on the ground with someone who spent 10 years on Facebook’s policy team — including running its elections unit — to discuss how Facebook handled politics, why it wanted it, and whether it can actually take a step back as major elections come its way.

Our guest is Katie Harbath, she’s the founder and CEO of anchor change and someone with firsthand knowledge of how Facebook helped political candidates operate on the platform, where things went south, how influence campaigns impacted the company, and the social network’s calculations moving forward.