Facebook under fire as thousands of political ads go missing from archive days ahead of UK elections
5 years, 1 month ago

Facebook under fire as thousands of political ads go missing from archive days ahead of UK elections

Firstpost  

The problem affected Facebook ads from the ruling Conservative Party, the Brexit Party and the Liberal Democrats. Thousands of UK political ads went missing from Facebook’s searchable advertising database on Tuesday, hampering researchers’ ability to track political ads two days before Britain’s general election. “We’re aware that people are having trouble accessing the ads in the ads library, and we’re working to fix the issue as soon as possible,” a Facebook spokesman said in a statement. Social media companies have been sharing more information about political advertising after US intelligence agencies found that Russia targeted American voters with social media content, including ads, to try and influence the 2016 election. In October, London-based privacy advocacy group Privacy International issued a report that said Facebook, Twitter and Alphabet’s Google still fail to provide adequate transparency for global users on the issue.

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Misinformation-Packed Ads Thriving On Facebook Just Days Out From The Election
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Misinformation-Packed Ads Thriving On Facebook Just Days Out From The Election

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Several recent media investigations have found that false and misleading election ads are running rampant on Facebook just days out from the election, seemingly in violation of parent company Meta’s policies. Meta did not immediately respond to HuffPost’s inquiries as to whether these ads violate the company’s election misinformation policies, but spokesperson Ryan Daniels defended running Musk’s …

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 …

How a Reliance-funded firm boosts BJP’s campaigns on Facebook
2 years, 10 months ago

How a Reliance-funded firm boosts BJP’s campaigns on Facebook

Al Jazeera  

Legal loopholes and selective use of rules allowed a Reliance company to pump in millions to promote the BJP in elections. As soon as the BJP picked Pragya Singh Thakur as its candidate for a seat in the lower house of Parliament, Facebook showed an The A month before voting began on April 11, Facebook showed an The A Facebook …

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 …

Facebook Tells New York University to Halt Project That Collects Political Ad Data
4 years, 2 months ago

Facebook Tells New York University to Halt Project That Collects Political Ad Data

News 18  

Facebook has asked the New York University to stop collecting data for a research project that aims to decipher political ad targeting on its platform. According to a Wall Street Journal report, Facebook claimed that the Ad Observatory which is a project at the university’s engineering school “scrapes data from political ads shown on Facebook”. The NYU Ad Observatory has …

Facebook curbs political ads - for 7 days before US election
4 years, 4 months ago

Facebook curbs political ads - for 7 days before US election

Associated Press  

Bracing for a contentious election with no immediate results and possible “civil unrest,” Facebook is enacting a host of measures to ensure its platform is not used to sow chaos and spread misinformation before, during and after the U.S. presidential election. The company said Thursday it will restrict new political ads in the week before the election and remove posts …

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 …

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 …

Ad.watch is the only successful attempt at assimilating political advertisement data provided by Facebook
5 years, 1 month ago

Ad.watch is the only successful attempt at assimilating political advertisement data provided by Facebook

The Hindu  

How much did the BJP spend on political ads on Facebook in 2019? Not really Nayantara Ranganathan, a lawyer with the New Delhi-based Internet Democracy Project, talks of the “predatory nature of how these ads are delivered, according to one’s interests, behaviour, demographics, region, etc. It had expanded access to its Ad API to “help more people analyse political or …

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 …

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 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 …

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 …

Facebook announces changes to political ad rules ahead of EU elections in May
5 years, 9 months ago

Facebook announces changes to political ad rules ahead of EU elections in May

Firstpost  

Facebook recently also pulled down some 700 posts and accounts in India to counter the misinformation problem. Facebook has announced changes to the way political “We are introducing some new tools to help us deliver on two key goals that experts have told us are important for protecting the integrity of elections: preventing online advertising from being used for foreign …

Facebook launches library listing Dutch political ads
5 years, 9 months ago

Facebook launches library listing Dutch political ads

NL Times  

On Friday Facebook launched its library of political Users can search the Netherlands Ad Library for political parties like GroenLinks or Forum voor Democratie. Facebook then shows which Facebook pages are linked to the relevant party and which political The search results also give more information about the pages, like when they were created and in which country the administrators …

Dutch MPs call for transparency on Facebook political advertising
5 years, 11 months ago

Dutch MPs call for transparency on Facebook political advertising

Dutch News  

Dutch MPs have almost unanimously backed a motion calling on the government to pressure Facebook to come clean about political advertising ahead of the provincial elections in March. This transparency is necessary, MPs say, because ‘social media, including Facebook, offer a platform to political fake adverts’ at both election time and on other occasions. Facebook said at the end of …

Facebook deploys task force for strict ad rules ahead of 2019 Lok Sabha polls
5 years, 11 months ago

Facebook deploys task force for strict ad rules ahead of 2019 Lok Sabha polls

ABP News  

Lok Sabha Election 2019: As the 2019 General Elections are just around the corner, social media giant Facebook has announced that it would alter some of its political advertising norms ahead of the polls in India which is due in May. Being one of the most preferred social media platforms across the globe, Facebook has been widely used by political …

Facebook yet to decide which political advertising rules it will roll out in Australia for the federal election
5 years, 11 months ago

Facebook yet to decide which political advertising rules it will roll out in Australia for the federal election

ABC  

Facebook will wait until Australia's federal election date is revealed to decide which, if any, of its planned political advertising restrictions it will roll out in a bid to reduce potential interference. Key points: Australia, Indonesia, Israel and the Philippines among the nations holding key votes this year Facebook's directors say they know rules will not be perfect and want …

Facebook brings political advertising rules to India ahead of the 2019 elections
6 years ago

Facebook brings political advertising rules to India ahead of the 2019 elections

Firstpost  

Facebook’s new rules and tools are an effort towards curbing election interference to India. Facebook told Reuters on 15 January that it would extend some of its political advertising rules and tools for curbing election interference to India, Nigeria, Ukraine and the European Union before significant votes in the next few months. Beginning on 16 january in Nigeria, only advertisers …

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, …

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 …

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