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Facebook's green light for political campaigns to pay prominent social media users to spread their messages is highlighting the difficulties around setting rules for the fast-changing world of online political campaigning.
Feb 14, 2020
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Around one year ago, the security research company Confiant revealed a threat actor group called Tag Barnakle that targeted Revive Adserver instances on a mass scale. Now, however, Confiant has discovered that their publicization ...
Internet
Civil rights groups were swift in their criticism of a plan being weighed by Facebook Inc. to halt political advertising before the U.S. election, saying the ban would do little to address rampant hate speech and misinformation ...
Jul 13, 2020
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Youth-friendly TikTok on Friday said it won't allow political ads because they would clash with the "light-hearted" feeling at the social network where people share playful video snippets.
Oct 4, 2019
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Facebook Inc. will block a handful of political ads from President Donald Trump's campaign for violating the company's rules around voting misinformation by suggesting it's time to go to the polls.
Oct 28, 2020
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Twitter Inc. is making some exceptions to its recent ban on all political advertising, announcing Friday that it will allow "cause-based" ads for some economic, environmental or social issues.
Nov 18, 2019
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Google's tightening of its political ad policy could help reduce the spread of misinformation on election campaigns, but at a cost for lesser-known candidates.
Nov 22, 2019
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Facebook Inc. and Google were drawn into an escalating battle of wills Wednesday over the use of political advertising on social media.
Nov 21, 2019
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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 ...
Nov 22, 2019
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Twitter's ban on political advertising is ratcheting up pressure on Facebook and Mark Zuckerberg to follow suit. But so far, that doesn't appear likely to happen.
Oct 31, 2019
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