Facebook Political Ads

• Facebook to ban ads presented as articles from U.S. publishers with political ties

  Under the new policy, publishers with any political connections will still be allowed to register as a news page but the company will implement some restrictions.

  Politics

  Aug 11, 2020
  
• Facebook blocks Trump campaign ads that mimic U.S. census

  The decision came hours after House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said people would confuse it with the once-a-decade head count, which begins next week for most people in the U.S.

  Politics

  Mar 5, 2020
  
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• Facebook defends policy of not fact checking ads from politicians

  “In a democracy, people should decide what is credible, not tech companies,” the company wrote in a statement emailed to the Associated Press on Thursday. “That’s why - like other internet platforms and broadcasters - we don’t fact check ads from politicians.”

  World

  Oct 24, 2019
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• U.K. Conservatives misrepresented BBC article in Facebook ads: fact-checker

  UK fact-checking charity Full Fact found that Prime Minister Boris Johnson's party has been funding ads on Facebook that link to a BBC article with an apparently altered headline that reads "£14 billion pound cash boost for schools."

  World

  Sep 13, 2019
• Facebook unveils new rules for political ads ahead of federal election

  Facebook is launching a new advertisement library that will capture detailed information about political ads targeted at voters in Canada, including who pays for them and whom they target.

  Canada

  Mar 18, 2019
• NOTEBOOK: In 240 Facebook ads, the Conservatives take aim at 16 Liberal MPs

  Thursday morning on Facebook, the Conservative Party of Canada were running 247 ads, 240 of which single out 16 different Liberal MPs over what the Tories call "Trudeau's values test." By contrast, the Liberals were running just 25 and the NDP only four.

  Canada

  Mar 22, 2018
• Facebook to test ad transparency features in Canada as scrutiny mounts

  "When it comes to advertising on Facebook, people should be able to tell who the advertiser is and see the ads they’re running, especially for political ads," said Facebook in a statement.

  Politics

  Oct 28, 2017
• Facebook Canada unveils plan to fight fake news, hacking in lead-up to 2019 election

  Facebook has come under scrutiny over the use of its platform to display fake news stories and advertisements designed to influence the 2016 U.S. presidential election.

  Canada

  Oct 19, 2017
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• 10 million U.S. users saw Russia-linked Facebook ads

  Facebook said in a statement that it used modeling to estimate how many people saw at least one of the 3,000 ads.

  Politics

  Oct 2, 2017
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• Mark Zuckerberg rejects Donald Trump’s claim that Facebook is ‘anti-Trump’

  "Trump says Facebook is against him. Liberals say we helped Trump. Both sides are upset about ideas and content they don't like."

  Politics

  Sep 27, 2017