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Meta Explores Ban On Political Ads In Europe: Report
Meta Platforms Inc executives are discussing a company-wide ban on political advertising in Europe due to concerns that Facebook and Instagram will be unable to comply with upcoming EU regulations targeting online campaigns, a report said.
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Twitter to Expand Types of Political Ads Permitted on Platform After 2019 Global Ban
Twitter on Tuesday announced the company would expand the kinds of political ads that were allowed on the microblogging platform, months after it was taken over by billionaire Elon Musk. The move appears to be a reversal of the service's 2019 global ban on political ads as the firm and rivals like Facebook faced widespread criticism for allowing e...
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EU to Limit Political Advertisements Online; Facebook, Google to Face Fine if They Don't Comply
Concerned by the misuse of political advertising to undermine elections, the European Union unveiled plans to help people better understand when they are seeing such advertisements online and who is responsible for them.
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Facebook Will Add Georgia Back to Political Advertisement Ban After US Runoff Elections
Facebook will again ban political ads in Georgia, after the conclusion of the state's runoff elections. "This is part of our ongoing efforts to reduce the potential for confusion or abuse," Facebook told advertisers in an email.
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Google Will Lift Post-US Presidential Election Political Advertisement Ban Today
Google will lift its temporary ban on election-related advertisements today, December 10. The search giant’s pause of election advertisements was one of its measures to combat misinformation and other abuses on its site.
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Facebook Extends US Post-Election Political Ad Ban Amid Baseless Claims
Facebook Inc on Wednesday said its post-election ban on political ads would likely last another month, raising concerns from campaigns and groups eager to reach voters for key Georgia races in January that will decide control of the Senate.
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Facebook Glitches Allow Banned US Election Advertisements to Recirculate
Facebook acknowledged glitches in enforcing its policy on removing misleading political advertising for the US election after a report revealed banned messages were being recirculated.
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Facebook US Election Plan Patches Some Holes, Creates Others
Facebook's final policy changes in the lead-up to US elections in November are unlikely to stem a flood of disinformation around the vote, which could suppress turnout and sow confusion about results, election experts said on Friday.
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Facebook Bars Pro-Trump PAC From Advertising, Citing Repeated False Posts
Facebook is temporarily banning a Republican political action committee, the Committee to Defend the President, from advertising after it repeatedly shared content that was deemed false by external fact-checkers, the social media company said on Thursday.
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Facebook Gives Users Some Control Over How They See Political Ads Ahead of US Elections
Facebook said on Thursday it was making some changes to its approach to political ads, including allowing users to turn off certain ad-targeting tools, but the updates stop far short of critics' demands and what rival companies have pledged to do.
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Snapchat Says It Checks Political Ads for Deception, Unlike Facebook
Snap on Monday confirmed that it checks political ads at Snapchat to make sure they are not deceptive or misleading and thus enforce its ban on such material.
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EU's Vestager Backs Twitter for Banning Political Ads, Berates Facebook
Europe's antitrust chief praised Twitter on Thursday for banning political advertising but criticised Facebook, which will continue to run such ads, for its "de facto manipulation of who you're going to vote for".
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Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey Takes a Dig at Facebook's New Logo, Rebranding
Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey has dunked on the "from Facebook" rebranding and its all-caps logo.
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The Pressure Is Now on Facebook to Ban Political Ads, Too
Facebook's policy is to accept paid political ads from candidates without fact-checking them or censoring them, even if they contain lies.
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Twitter to Ban Political Ads in Apparent Swipe at Facebook
Twitter and rival Facebook face growing pressure to stop carrying ads that spread false information that could steer elections.
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Meta Explores Ban On Political Ads In Europe: Report
Meta Platforms Inc executives are discussing a company-wide ban on political advertising in Europe due to concerns that Facebook and Instagram will be unable to comply with upcoming EU regulations targeting online campaigns, a report said.
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Twitter to Expand Types of Political Ads Permitted on Platform After 2019 Global Ban
Twitter on Tuesday announced the company would expand the kinds of political ads that were allowed on the microblogging platform, months after it was taken over by billionaire Elon Musk. The move appears to be a reversal of the service's 2019 global ban on political ads as the firm and rivals like Facebook faced widespread criticism for allowing e...
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EU to Limit Political Advertisements Online; Facebook, Google to Face Fine if They Don't Comply
Concerned by the misuse of political advertising to undermine elections, the European Union unveiled plans to help people better understand when they are seeing such advertisements online and who is responsible for them.
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Facebook Will Add Georgia Back to Political Advertisement Ban After US Runoff Elections
Facebook will again ban political ads in Georgia, after the conclusion of the state's runoff elections. "This is part of our ongoing efforts to reduce the potential for confusion or abuse," Facebook told advertisers in an email.
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Google Will Lift Post-US Presidential Election Political Advertisement Ban Today
Google will lift its temporary ban on election-related advertisements today, December 10. The search giant’s pause of election advertisements was one of its measures to combat misinformation and other abuses on its site.
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Facebook Extends US Post-Election Political Ad Ban Amid Baseless Claims
Facebook Inc on Wednesday said its post-election ban on political ads would likely last another month, raising concerns from campaigns and groups eager to reach voters for key Georgia races in January that will decide control of the Senate.
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Facebook Glitches Allow Banned US Election Advertisements to Recirculate
Facebook acknowledged glitches in enforcing its policy on removing misleading political advertising for the US election after a report revealed banned messages were being recirculated.
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Facebook US Election Plan Patches Some Holes, Creates Others
Facebook's final policy changes in the lead-up to US elections in November are unlikely to stem a flood of disinformation around the vote, which could suppress turnout and sow confusion about results, election experts said on Friday.
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Facebook Bars Pro-Trump PAC From Advertising, Citing Repeated False Posts
Facebook is temporarily banning a Republican political action committee, the Committee to Defend the President, from advertising after it repeatedly shared content that was deemed false by external fact-checkers, the social media company said on Thursday.
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Facebook Gives Users Some Control Over How They See Political Ads Ahead of US Elections
Facebook said on Thursday it was making some changes to its approach to political ads, including allowing users to turn off certain ad-targeting tools, but the updates stop far short of critics' demands and what rival companies have pledged to do.
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Snapchat Says It Checks Political Ads for Deception, Unlike Facebook
Snap on Monday confirmed that it checks political ads at Snapchat to make sure they are not deceptive or misleading and thus enforce its ban on such material.
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EU's Vestager Backs Twitter for Banning Political Ads, Berates Facebook
Europe's antitrust chief praised Twitter on Thursday for banning political advertising but criticised Facebook, which will continue to run such ads, for its "de facto manipulation of who you're going to vote for".
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Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey Takes a Dig at Facebook's New Logo, Rebranding
Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey has dunked on the "from Facebook" rebranding and its all-caps logo.
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The Pressure Is Now on Facebook to Ban Political Ads, Too
Facebook's policy is to accept paid political ads from candidates without fact-checking them or censoring them, even if they contain lies.
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Twitter to Ban Political Ads in Apparent Swipe at Facebook
Twitter and rival Facebook face growing pressure to stop carrying ads that spread false information that could steer elections.
