Washington (CNN Business) Facebook said Thursday that it was "not deaf" to criticism of its policy allowing politicians to spread lies on its platform. But it will not change its rules.

In a blog post , Rob Leathern, who oversees Facebook's political ad library, said the company was not making any major revisions to its policies on political ads.

Leathern did however ask political leaders to establish new rules that would govern digital political advertising.

"Ultimately, we don't think decisions about political ads should be made by private companies, which is why we are arguing for regulation that would apply across the industry," he wrote.

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