Twitter launches Ads Transparency Center for users to identify political campaigns
6 years, 6 months ago

Twitter launches Ads Transparency Center for users to identify political campaigns

Firstpost  

Twitter Inc on 28 June made it easier for users to identify political campaign ads and know who paid for them, as social media platforms faced the threat of US regulation over the lack of disclosure on such spending. The microblogging site launched ‘Ads Transparency Center’ to allow anyone to view ads that have been put on Twitter, with greater transparency about US federal election campaign ads. The tool follows Twitter’s recently launched political campaign ads policy here and a similar move by Facebook Inc, which started a searchable archive of US political ads last month. Twitter’s ads center gives users access to details such as demographic targeting data for the ads from US political advertisers, along with billing information, ad spending, and impression data per tweet. The transparency center will include all advertisers on Twitter globally, but at this stage, only US federal election campaign ads that fall under its new policy will be shown.

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How are social media preparing for the election? With many guardrails off
2 months, 1 week ago

How are social media preparing for the election? With many guardrails off

NPR  

How are social media preparing for the election? With many guardrails off toggle caption Matt Cardy/Getty Images Tech platforms have stepped back from many of the more aggressive measures they took to curb the spread of election rumors and falsehoods four years ago. As it did in 2020, Meta has not allowed new political Meta announced Monday that political ads …

Twitter says it will relax ban on political advertising
2 years ago

Twitter says it will relax ban on political advertising

The Hindu  

Twitter says it will ease up on its 3-year-old ban on political advertising, the latest change by Elon Musk as he tries to pump up revenue after purchasing the social media platform last year. — Twitter Safety January 3, 2023 “We also plan to expand the political advertising we permit in the coming weeks," the company said from its Twitter …

Twitter relaxes longstanding ban on political ads as Elon Musk tries to boost revenue
2 years ago

Twitter relaxes longstanding ban on political ads as Elon Musk tries to boost revenue

The Independent  

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Twitter is relaxing some of its policies that ban political The social media …

Twitter to expand political ads on the platform soon: Know more
2 years ago

Twitter to expand political ads on the platform soon: Know more

India TV News  

Twitter, a micro-blogging platform has announced that it is planning to "expand" the political advertising it allows "in the coming weeks". The platform made the announcement from its Twitter Safety account, saying: "Today, we're relaxing our ads policy for cause-based ads in the US. Kinda shocking", another commented, "translation: Advertisers don't want to advertise on here anymore so we're just …

Twitter says it will relax ban on political advertising
2 years ago

Twitter says it will relax ban on political advertising

LA Times  

Twitter said late Tuesday that it will ease up on its 3-year-old ban on political advertising, the latest change by Elon Musk as he tries to pump up revenue after purchasing the social media platform last year. Twitter says it will ease up on its 3-year-old ban on political advertising, the latest change by Elon Musk as he tries to …

Facebook, Instagram to reveal more on how ads target users
2 years, 7 months ago

Facebook, Instagram to reveal more on how ads target users

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Facebook parent Meta said it will start publicly providing more details about how advertisers target people with political ads just months ahead of the U.S. midterm elections. The announcement follows years of criticism that the social media platforms withhold too much information about how campaigns, special interest groups and politicians use the platform to target small pockets of …

Facebook to de-emphasise political posts on news feed in move that could diminish right-wing media influence
3 years, 4 months ago

Facebook to de-emphasise political posts on news feed in move that could diminish right-wing media influence

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Facebook’s “news feed” will feed less news to its users …

Twitter grants academics full access to public data
3 years, 11 months ago

Twitter grants academics full access to public data

The Hindu  

Twitter Inc on Tuesday opened free access to its new application programming interface software for academic researchers, enabling them to study public conversations on its platform, but is not providing data from suspended accounts as part of the product. Twitter said, with the new product, academic researchers will be able to tap into all the tools released to date on …

Facebook to provide data on targeted political ads
3 years, 11 months ago

Facebook to provide data on targeted political ads

The Hindu  

Facebook Inc said on Monday it would provide academic researchers information on how political ads were targeted in the lead-up to the presidential election in the United States last year. The social media giant said the data would include targeting criteria, such as location and interests, selected by advertisers running social issue, electoral or political ads. Academics and researchers can …

Facebook to let researchers access election ad data from Feb 1
3 years, 11 months ago

Facebook to let researchers access election ad data from Feb 1

India TV News  

Facebook will let researchers access, for the first time, the targeting information for more than 1.3 million social issue, electoral and political ads through the Facebook Open Research and Transparency platform from February 1. "By making the targeting criteria, such as location and interests, selected by advertisers running social issue, electoral or political ads available for analysis and reporting, we …

How Facebook and Twitter plan to handle election day disinformation
4 years, 2 months ago

How Facebook and Twitter plan to handle election day disinformation

LA Times  

A man in the Atlanta suburbs was scrolling Facebook in late October when an ad popped up claiming his polling place had changed. Facebook’s decision to ban new political ads beginning a week before election day came under fire from the Biden campaign after what the company calls “technical flaws” in its software caused a number of existing ad campaigns …

Trump's Campaign Is Testing The Ways It Can Distort Reality Online
4 years, 4 months ago

Trump's Campaign Is Testing The Ways It Can Distort Reality Online

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING The presidential election is just 56 days away, and as Donald Trump struggles to gain ground in key states, he is increasingly relying on deceptively altered media to bend reality in his favor. The “Trump War Room” Twitter account shared an out-of-context clip of Biden saying, “You won’t be safe in Joe Biden’s America.” And on Facebook, …

Facebook Clamps Down On Posts, Ads That Could Undermine U.S. Presidential Election
4 years, 4 months ago

Facebook Clamps Down On Posts, Ads That Could Undermine U.S. Presidential Election

NPR  

Facebook Clamps Down On Posts, Ads That Could Undermine U.S. Presidential Election Enlarge this image toggle caption Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images Updated at 10:55 a.m. The company recently joined Twitter in removing accounts that spread "false stories about racial justice, the Democratic presidential campaign of Joe Biden and Kamala Harris and President Trump's policies," as NPR's Bobby Allyn …

Opinion: What a wonderful world it would be ... if Facebook stopped running political ads
4 years, 6 months ago

Opinion: What a wonderful world it would be ... if Facebook stopped running political ads

LA Times  

Facebook may finally stop lending its enormously powerful microphone and amplifier to deceitful politicians and manipulative campaigns. But it would relieve the company of the responsibility that Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has famously resisted, which is to fact-check political ads the same way it does every other Please, park your “censorship” complaints outside. Although a ban on political ads looks …

YouTube announces its plan for tackling misleading election related content
4 years, 11 months ago

YouTube announces its plan for tackling misleading election related content

Firstpost  

YouTube would remove any content that has been technically manipulated or doctored and may pose a ‘serious risk of egregious harm.’ On the day of the Iowa caucuses, the first nominating contest of the US presidential election, Alphabet’s YouTube detailed how it will tackle false or misleading election-related content. The video-streaming service said in a blog post on Monday that …

FEC Commissioner Rips Facebook Over Political Ad Policy: 'This Will Not Do'
5 years ago

FEC Commissioner Rips Facebook Over Political Ad Policy: 'This Will Not Do'

NPR  

FEC Commissioner Rips Facebook Over Political Ad Policy: 'This Will Not Do' Enlarge this image toggle caption Erin Scott/Reuters Erin Scott/Reuters Facebook says it will continue to allow political ads that target the social media platform's users, sticking to its position despite concerns about the potential impact on the upcoming presidential election. Federal Election Commissioner Ellen Weintraub sharply criticized the …

Targeted ads exploded this decade and the damage has been devastating.
5 years ago

Targeted ads exploded this decade and the damage has been devastating.

Slate  

Read the rest of Slate’s coverage of the end of the decade. Don Draper once stood at a chalkboard in front of skeptical early-1960s Lucky Strike tobacco executives and sold them on a historically inaccurate slogan, “Lucky Strike: It’s toasted.” “Advertising is based on one thing—happiness,” said Draper. Companies had little choice but to engage expensive “creative” agencies like Draper’s …

On TV, political ads are regulated — but online, anything goes
5 years, 1 month ago

On TV, political ads are regulated — but online, anything goes

Salon  

With the 2020 election just a year away, Facebook is under fire from presidential candidates, lawmakers, civil rights groups and even its own employees to provide more transparency on political ads and potentially stop running them altogether. They created 20- to 30-second slots to run during prime-time, called “Eisenhower Answers America.” These ads helped usher in how political campaigns would …

Facebook is reportedly mulling over changing its political advertisement policy
5 years, 1 month ago

Facebook is reportedly mulling over changing its political advertisement policy

Firstpost  

Facebook’s policy is to accept paid political ads from candidates without fact-checking them or censoring them, even if they contain lies. And Zuckerberg doubled down on that stand last month following Twitter’s announcement, reiterating that “political speech is important” and that Facebook doesn’t want to interfere with it. According to the report, Facebook is apparently in conversation with political parties …

Google reins in political advertising
5 years, 1 month ago

Google reins in political advertising

Associated Press  

SAN FRANCISCO — Google is making it harder for political advertisers to target specific types of people. But in a blog post announcing the news, Google Ads vice president Scott Spencer noted that political dialogue is important and “no one can sensibly adjudicate every political claim, counterclaim and insinuation.” “So we expect that the number of political ads on which …

Debating political ads on social media is Facebook, Twitter's way to derail issue; what's needed is legislation, not bans
5 years, 1 month ago

Debating political ads on social media is Facebook, Twitter's way to derail issue; what's needed is legislation, not bans

Firstpost  

A mass exodus from Twitter over to open-source microblogging community Mastodon is in the news, and it’s not the first time that users have responded to social media’s opaque content moderation policies in this way. According to one study, 60 percent of 1,006 habitual internet users agreed that Twitter nurtured a toxic audience and 71 percent said Facebook was the …

Twitter Details Political Ad Ban Policy, Admits It’s Imperfect
5 years, 2 months ago

Twitter Details Political Ad Ban Policy, Admits It’s Imperfect

The Quint  

Aside from ongoing concerns about foreign elections interference, the political advertising issue rose to the forefront in recent months as Twitter, along with Facebook and Google, refused to remove a misleading video ad from President Donald Trump’s campaign that targeted Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden. In response, Democratic Sen. Elizabeth Warren, another presidential hopeful, ran her own ad on Facebook …

Twitter details political ad ban, admits it’s imperfect
5 years, 2 months ago

Twitter details political ad ban, admits it’s imperfect

Associated Press  

Twitter’s new ban on political ads will cover appeals for votes, solicitations for campaign contributions and any political content. Aside from ongoing concerns about foreign elections interference, the political advertising issue rose to the forefront in recent months as Twitter, along with Facebook and Google, refused to remove a misleading video ad from President Donald Trump’s campaign that targeted Democratic …

General election: Reveal your social media campaigns, parties told
5 years, 2 months ago

General election: Reveal your social media campaigns, parties told

The Independent  

Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Get our free View from Westminster email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Political parties have been challenged to commit to openness in social …

Twitter pulls back on political ads, but pitfalls await
5 years, 2 months ago

Twitter pulls back on political ads, but pitfalls await

Associated Press  

SAN FRANCISCO — Twitter announced an end Wednesday to political campaign and issue ads on its service, calling it an important step in reducing the flow of election-related misinformation. “This is yet another attempt to silence conservatives, since Twitter knows President Trump has the most sophisticated online program ever,” campaign manager Brad Parscale said. The political advertising issue rose to …

Facebook won’t ban political advertisement
5 years, 2 months ago

Facebook won’t ban political advertisement

The Hindu  

Twitter may have decided to ban political “In a democracy, I don’t think it’s right for private companies to censor politicians or the news. He cited the examples of Google, YouTube, cable networks and national broadcastors that also run such Stating that ads are an important “voice” — especially for candidates and advocacy groups — Mr. Zuckerberg asserted the company’s …

Twitter bans political ads ahead of 2020 election
5 years, 2 months ago

Twitter bans political ads ahead of 2020 election

Associated Press  

SAN FRANCISCO — Twitter, reacting to growing concern about misinformation spread on social media, is banning all political advertising from its service. During Facebook’s conference call for earnings, which began less than an hour after Dorsey’s tweet, the Facebook chief offered an impassioned monologue about what he called his company’s deep belief “that political speech is important.” Zuckerberg stood by …

Twitter Will Ban All Political Advertising
5 years, 2 months ago

Twitter Will Ban All Political Advertising

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Twitter will no longer allow political advertising on its platform out of concern for the spread of misinformation, founder Jack Dorsey announced Wednesday. The Facebook founder claimed in a recent letter to employees that the company is “working hard” to “give users more context on the content they see, demote violating content, and more.” Facebook co-founder and …

Twitter To Halt Political Ads, In Contrast To Facebook
5 years, 2 months ago

Twitter To Halt Political Ads, In Contrast To Facebook

NPR  

Twitter To Halt Political Ads, In Contrast To Facebook Enlarge this image toggle caption Denis Charlet/AFP/Getty Images Denis Charlet/AFP/Getty Images Updated at 6:04 p.m. ET Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey announced that his social media platform will stop running political ads, citing online ads' "significant risks to politics." In an apparent jab at Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, Dorsey tweeted, with a …

How Trump And Facebook Are Cashing In On The Impeachment News
5 years, 3 months ago

How Trump And Facebook Are Cashing In On The Impeachment News

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING “LEARN THE TRUTH,” President Donald Trump’s campaign declared in a Facebook ad that launched last week. of the Trump campaign to capitalize on these big, cultural breaking news moments for its own financial gain.” In a still-active Facebook ad, Trump's campaign spreads a flagrant falsehood about former Vice President Joe Biden. Facebook/Donald J. Trump Fake News Welcome …

Facebook exempts politicians from third-party fact checking
5 years, 3 months ago

Facebook exempts politicians from third-party fact checking

The Quint  

San Francisco, Sep 25 Facebook has exempted politicians from its third-party fact-checking programme, saying its efforts to curb fake news and misinformation don't apply to politicians globally. However, when a politician shares previously debunked content including links, videos and photos, Facebook plans to demote that content, display related information from fact-checkers, and reject its inclusion in "From now on, we …

Facebook needs political advertisers to provide more info on who paid for the ad
5 years, 4 months ago

Facebook needs political advertisers to provide more info on who paid for the ad

Firstpost  

As per Facebook, the advertisers have to show government-issued credentials to demonstrate their legitimacy. Under scrutiny from regulators since Russia used social media platforms to meddle in the 2016 US presidential election, Facebook has been rolling out ad transparency tools country by country since last year. Since May 2018, Facebook has required political advertisers in the United States to put …

Facebook tightens rules for US political advertisers ahead of 2020 election
5 years, 4 months ago

Facebook tightens rules for US political advertisers ahead of 2020 election

Live Mint  

Facebook Inc is tightening its political ad rules in the United States, it said on Wednesday, requiring new disclosures for its site and photo-sharing platform Instagram ahead of the U.S. presidential election in November 2020. The social media giant is introducing a "confirmed organization" label for U.S. political advertisers who show government-issued credentials to demonstrate their legitimacy. Under scrutiny from …

Ron Wyden calls on Facebook and Google to ban political ad targeting
5 years, 5 months ago

Ron Wyden calls on Facebook and Google to ban political ad targeting

CNN  

New York CNN — As 2020 presidential candidates spend tens of millions of dollars on Facebook and Google ads, one senator is calling on the companies to restrict some of the powerful ways political campaigns can target American voters. “I think it’s time for Facebook and Google to voluntarily suspend micro-targeting of political and issue ads,” Sen. Ron Wyden, an …

Twitter strengthens political ads policy ahead of Lok Sabha Polls
5 years, 10 months ago

Twitter strengthens political ads policy ahead of Lok Sabha Polls

India TV News  

Twitter on Tuesday said it would now provide details including ad spends and impressions data of tweets from political entities to users in India as it attempts to bring in greater transparency on its platform, ahead of general elections in the country. Last month, tech giant Google had also stated that it will make information on political Facebook also has …

Facebook set to launch transparency tools aimed at electoral ads in India
5 years, 11 months ago

Facebook set to launch transparency tools aimed at electoral ads in India

India TV News  

As elections are approaching India in a couple of months, Facebook is said to launch a transparency tool aimed at electoral ads next month to help in preventing foreign interference and making policies on its platform simple and transparent. Samidh Chakrabarti, the Director of Product Management, Civic Engagement at Facebook, said in a blog post on Monday, "We will create …

Google promises transparency in political ads ahead of 2019 General Elections
5 years, 11 months ago

Google promises transparency in political ads ahead of 2019 General Elections

Firstpost  

Google will verify the identity of advertisers before their election ads run on its platforms. After Twitter, Google on 22 January vowed to bring more transparency in political In a statement, Google said its updated election ads policy for India requires advertisers seeking to run poll ads to provide a ‘pre-certificate’ issued by the Election Commission of India or anyone …

Google to reveal details of political ads, spends ahead of 2019 Lok Sabha polls
5 years, 11 months ago

Google to reveal details of political ads, spends ahead of 2019 Lok Sabha polls

Live Mint  

In a bid to ensure transparency in the election advertising, search giant Google on Tuesday announced that it will introduce an India-specific Political Advertising Transparency Report and searchable Political Ads Library ahead of the upcoming 2019 Lok Sabha election. Google has also updated election ads policy for India which will require advertisers that are running election ads in India to …

Twitter to bring new dashboard for enhanced political ad transparency in India
6 years ago

Twitter to bring new dashboard for enhanced political ad transparency in India

Live Mint  

New Delhi: In an attempt to bring transparency in political The US-based company is also engaging with various stakeholders, including Election Commission of India, to verify candidates as well as train parties and election officials on using Twitter and teach them how to report suspicious, abusive, and rule-violating activity to Twitter. “We are going to implement here in India something …

Facebook to check political ads in India ahead of 2019 general elections
6 years, 1 month ago

Facebook to check political ads in India ahead of 2019 general elections

India Today  

Earlier this year, Facebook, in a bid to increase transparency on its platform, made major changes to the way political ads and political content worked on its platform. The company apart from making major changes to its political ads policy also started displaying "Paid for by" labels alongside the political ads. As far as the Facebook users are concerned, starting …

Facebook starts verifying identity, location for paid political ads in UK
6 years, 1 month ago

Facebook starts verifying identity, location for paid political ads in UK

Firstpost  

Facebook said it would, however, exempt select UK news organizations from housing their content. UK advertisers seeking to run political ads on Facebook Inc must now confirm their identity, location and reveal who paid for the ad, the social network said on Thursday as it faces increasing scrutiny following the Cambridge Analytica scandal. The social media company said it would, …

Google tightens political ad rules for Europe polls
6 years, 1 month ago

Google tightens political ad rules for Europe polls

The Hindu  

Google said on Thursday that it is expanding stricter political advertising requirements to the European Union as part of efforts to curb misinformation and increase transparency ahead of the bloc’s elections next year. As the EU prepares for the vote, U.S. tech companies are facing pressure to do more to counter foreign influence campaigns following allegations that online platforms were …

Facebook promised to fix political ads on its platform. It hasn’t
6 years, 2 months ago

Facebook promised to fix political ads on its platform. It hasn’t

CNN  

New York CNN Business — Facebook and its CEO, Mark Zuckerberg, pledged to fix how it handles political and issue ads in the wake of Russian meddling in 2016. Earlier this week, Vice News, posing as a political ad-buyer, got approval from Facebook to run ads in the name of every single one of the US’ 100 senators. Last Thursday …

Twitter issues new policy, announces certification process for ads in US
6 years, 4 months ago

Twitter issues new policy, announces certification process for ads in US

India TV News  

In a bid to tackle political interference on its platform, Twitter has announced a new policy and certification process for issuing This new policy will impact ads that refer to an election or a clearly identified candidate or ads that advocate for legislative issues of national importance, Del Harvey, Twitter's Vice President of Trust and Safety, said in a blogpost …

Google releases a searchable library of political ads in the US
6 years, 5 months ago

Google releases a searchable library of political ads in the US

India Today  

Google, in a bid to increase transparency on its platform, has added a new section in its transparency report. "Earlier this year, we took important steps to increase transparency in political advertising.Now, we're continuing to roll out new transparency features with the addition of the political advertising report as well as a new political Ad Library," Michee Smith, Product Lead …

Facebook, Twitter roll out new guidelines for political ads
6 years, 7 months ago

Facebook, Twitter roll out new guidelines for political ads

India TV News  

In a fresh attempt to prevent foreign interference in elections globally, Facebook and Twitter have announced new guidelines for political Advertisers wanting to run ads with political content in the US will also need to verify their identity and location, the social media giant said in a blog post late Thursday. Twitter on the other hand is asking advertisers who …

Facebook's New Ad Rules Prove It's Basically In Charge Of Regulating Elections Now
6 years, 7 months ago

Facebook's New Ad Rules Prove It's Basically In Charge Of Regulating Elections Now

Huff Post  

Anadolu Agency via Getty Images Facebook began disclosing political advertising on its site on Thursday, two years after a Russian troll factory bought ads to influence the 2016 presidential election. Facebook’s new policy follows the company’s revelation to Congress in 2017 that the Internet Research Agency, a Russian digital propaganda company that works with both the public and private sector …

Facebook to label election-related ‘issue ads’ in US
6 years, 7 months ago

Facebook to label election-related ‘issue ads’ in US

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — Facebook is expanding its advertising disclosure requirements to cover all U.S. ads on polarized issues such as gun control and abortion rights, even if they don’t endorse a particular candidate. Facebook has said it would require that of issue ads from outside parties, too, but it didn’t provide details until Thursday, when the expanded requirements took effect. …

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