Facebook Inc will lift its ban on political advertising in the United States on March 4, the social media giant said in a blog post. The social media giant placed a temporary ban on political, electoral and social ads in November as part of an effort to crack down on misinformation and...
Facebook has been one of the most intensive and controversial platforms for political campaigns, and integral to reaching voters.
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As you have probably heard (if you are working in the media), there has been a lot of noise around political advertising on social media channels. It started when Mark Zuckerberg from Facebook (in case you didn't know ;)) said that they werenot going to take down political adsthat wer...
Mark Zuckerberg said that Facebook won't be banning political ads, even if they contain false information, during a speech at Georgetown University on Thursday. The Facebook CEO argued that political advertising is more transparent on Facebook, and that
Facebook announced an update to its Ad Library that increases transparency for political ads and gives users more control over the ads they see. No, Facebook won’t ban political ads, but it hopes to provide expanded transparency, and more controls to people will do the trick. In terms of...
Instagram, will allow people to turn off “all social issue, electoral or political ads from candidates, Super PACs or other organizations that have the ‘Paid for by’ political disclaimer on them,” according to a blog post by Naomi Gleit, VP of product management and social impact...
“We’re resuming political, electoral and social issue ads in the United States on Thursday, March 4,” Facebook said in a statement Wednesday. “We put this temporary ban in place after the November 2020 election to avoid confusion or abuse following Election Day. Unlike other platforms, we...
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Facebook is tightening its rules around political advertising ahead of the 2020 U.S. presidential election, acknowledging previous misuse.
Most of the ads didn't specifically mention the election or express support for a particular candidate. But they did appear to "focus on amplifying divisive social and political messages across the ideological spectrum -- touching on topics from LGBT matters to race issues to immigration to gun ...