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Posted: 2020-03-06T19:21:09Z | Updated: 2020-03-06T19:21:09Z

Last summer, Facebook earned oodles of positive press when it announced it would crack down on misinformation regarding the 2020 census .

But recent events suggest the company cares more about taking credit than taking action.

On Tuesday, Donald Trump s reelection campaign began running a series of ads directing users to fill out the Official 2020 Congressional District Census. Users who clicked were not directed to the official 2020 census, as one might expect, but to a Trump campaign website.

The website leaned into the ruse with a For Official Use Only and Survey ID number stamped in the corner. Users were directed to submit their personal information, which the campaign dutifully recorded, then asked to donate to the Trump campaign.