A recent report from The Stranger alleges that Washington State Attorney General Bob Ferguson has filed suit against Facebook for violation of state campaign finance laws. According to Ferguson, Facebook has “repeatedly and openly violated” Washington state law related to the disclosure of who funds political ads.
Social media giant Facebook has removed Trump campaign ads which refer to an online survey as the “Official 2020 Congressional District Census,” claiming the ads violate the company’s policy on disinformation and interference with the 2020 census.
A small group of left-wing protesters gathered outside of Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s home in Mission District to protest the company’s use of personal data and its decision not to regulate certain political advertisements.
Gab, the First Amendment-based social network offering a free-speech-friendly alternative to increasingly censorious platforms like Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube, has launched a political advertising service.
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg stated during a recent speech that the company is going to “piss off a lot of people” as Facebook focuses on free expression over censorship. According to Zuckerberg, it “feels like the list of things that you’re not allowed to say socially keeps on growing.”
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) condemned Facebook’s “shameful” behavior during a press conference Thursday, claiming that Silicon Valley does not care about the platform’s allegedly harmful effects on society.
Star Wars actor Mark Hamill has deleted his Facebook account over the social media site’s refusal to fact check political ads on its platform. According to Hamill, Mark Zuckerberg “values profit more than truthfulness” as demonstrated by his decision not to censor political ads. Facebook says its policy is based on the “principle that people should be able to hear from those who wish to lead them, warts and all, and that what they say should be scrutinized and debated in public.”
The New York Times reports that Facebook is continuing to refuse to fact check political advertisements on its platform despite intense pressure to do so.
Music streaming giant Spotify won’t accept U.S. political advertisements ahead of the 2020 presidential election, following a similar decision made earlier this year by Twitter.
Trump 2020 campaign manager Brad Parscale condemned Google’s policy of restricting microtargeted ads in an interview for Fox News this weekend. Parscale theorizes that Google’s management made the decision while saying, “Oh my God, we’ve got to stop them. They’re going to win again in a landslide and we can’t be part of it.”
Left-wing tech magazine Wired published a study claiming that Facebook’s system of political ads is “designed to polarize,” because it targets voters who are most likely to be interested in its content, i.e, political partisans. Facebook says the findings should not come as a surprise.
In a recent interview with CBS This Morning, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg doubled down on the firm’s recent decision not to fact check ads by politicians.
More than 300 of President Donald Trump’s political ads have taken down by Google and its video platform YouTube, mostly over the summer, according to a report by 60 minutes.
The Trump campaign, The Republican National Committee, the National Republican Senatorial Committee and the National Republican Congressional Committee have condemned Google’s decision to ban targeted political ads, calling it a “blatant attempt to suppress voter information, knowledge, and engagement.”
Google reportedly plans to ban political advertisers from targeting election ads using data such as public voter records and general political affiliations.
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg reportedly sat down with Al Sharpton for a meeting at the CEO’s home this week.
Facebook’s head of news partnerships, Campbell Brown, has defended the company’s decision to include Breitbart News in the social media site’s curated News tab.
Twitter will ban all political ads globally, in a move that sets the platform apart from Facebook, which considered doing the same but decided against it.
Employees at Facebook recently signed a letter asking the company to reverse its decision to exempt political candidates’ ads from its fact-checking program.
YouTube is stepping up its game against Facebook and local TV stations for a greater share of political campaign advertising dollars ahead of the 2020 presidential election, according to a new report.
Sen. Bernie Sanders’ (I-VT) campaign has canceled its plans for a $1.3 million ad buy in Iowa following reports of the presidential candidate undergoing emergency heart surgery to treat an arterial blockage.
Facebook is reportedly clamping down with rules relating to political ads in the United States ahead of the 2020 presidential election.
A recent report from the New York Times alleges that Facebook’s ad library, designed to increase transparency and fight disinformation, is so flawed, it has become effectively useless as a method by which to track political messaging.
Facebook is sticking to its November decision to exempt news publishers from its political ads database, drawing criticism for making deference to the mainstream media more important than its stated commitment to transparency.
Facebook is changing its political advertising rules to ban parties and campaigns from advertising in countries where they do not have a representative.
Facebook recently stated that the company plans to tighten rules around political advertisements on the social media platform ahead of E.U. elections this Spring.
In an article recently published by New York Magazine titled “Facebook Stopped Russia. Is That Enough?” the magazine looks into Facebook’s latest efforts to prevent election interference on its platform.
Facebook has delayed its requirement for political advertisement purchasers to prove their identity, after users managed to cheat the system — purchasing ads indicating they were “paid for by” Mike Pence, U.S. Senators, and even ISIS — according to a report.
As the November midterms draw to a close, the clear winners in the race are the social media Masters of the Universe who have generated millions of dollars from online political advertising. Digital advertising reportedly reached 25 times that of the last non-presidential election in 2014.
Public databases launched by Facebook and Google before the midterm elections provide insight into how quickly the firms remove political advertisements that they believe break their platform’s rules.
Facebook has blocked a number of political ads from Republicans ahead of the November midterm elections. Here are the ads blacklisted by the social media platform.
Vice News received approval to publish Facebook ads in the names of every U.S. senator in a further illustration of the weakness of the social media giants “paid for” attribution system for political ads.
A recent report shows that Facebook’s new political advertising system allows users to attach a “Paid for” disclosure to an ad in the name of any politician, political group or even terrorist group without full verification by Facebook.
Family Research Council PAC ads target Democrats McCready, Bredesen, McCaskill for Using mob tactics to oppose Trump and his supporters.
Social media platform Twitter has released a new set of policies for “issue ads” which include political ads and advertisements that attempt to influence legislation. The company says news publishers that meet “specific criteria” will be able to apply for an “exemption” from the policy.
The New York Times reported this week that fake ads on Facebook may be having an impact on a congressional primary race in California.
A local MT TV station refused to air a “blatantly false” attack ad on Sunday which attacked state auditor Matt Rosendale.
Failing to properly disclose native political ads could cause BuzzFeed to run afoul of the FEC and FTC.
