Facebook prevents any party from declaring that it has won the US presidential elections before the official result

A spokesman for the social networking site "Facebook" said, yesterday, Wednesday, that the company will not accept any political advertisements announcing the victory of the US presidential elections before the results are announced.

The decision extends the plans announced by the company this month to stop accepting any new political advertisements in the week leading up to the election date.

Facebook had been saying at the time that political advertisers could continue spreading propaganda after Election Day.