Or everyone not living in the US should not have facebook before an American election?
It would seem to be more prudent to disallow political ads the week before. Or make it a crime to, say, spread wrong information about voting. And so on.
Ask for your money back if you are inconvenienced.
It is possible, but email doesn't offer real time communication, phone calls can be expensive, and not everyone knows how or wants to use zoom. Getting the family, including both grandma and kids to switch is hard "why isn't it working like it did before?".
And BTW, to Facebook, Google and everyone else. Stop messing with the fucking UI. For most of us, keeping up with redesigns is often just a minor annoyance. But to older non-technical people, it is awful.
A speed bump on posts (not messages or comments) isn’t a bad idea.
One month before an election, there is a fifteen-minute cooldown on posts. One week before, a one-hour cooldown. One day before, three. This lets people keep talking. But it slows the reproduction rate and gives people a shot, even if a long shot, at fact checking.