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FCC chair asks telecoms companies to prove they're actually trying to stop political AI robocalls
FCC chair asks telecom companies if they’re actually doing anything to stop AI political robocalls. This follows a consultant getting indicted over calls imitating President Biden.
Lawrence Bonk06.28.2024
Twitter is reversing its ban on political ads
"Cause-based" and political ads will return to Twitter in the coming weeks
Sean Buckley01.03.2023
Meta will share Facebook's political ad targeting data with researchers
Meta is finally peeling back the curtain on how political and election ads are targeted on Facebook.
Karissa Bell05.23.2022
EU seeks to block political ads that target people's ethnicity or religion
Organizations would need to disclose how ads are paid for and how they are targeting certain groups.
Kris Holt11.25.2021
Facebook disables accounts of NYU team looking into political ad targeting
Facebook has disabled the accounts associated with the NYU Ad Observatory project.
Mariella Moon08.04.2021
Facebook will start accepting political ads again on March 4th
Facebook put the initial ban in place after polls for the 2020 presidential election closed on the night of November 3rd.
Igor Bonifacic03.03.2021
Facebook will let researchers study its election ad targeting data
'Understanding the online political advertising landscape is key to protecting elections.'
Kris Holt01.25.2021
Google is again halting all political ads following Capitol Hill riots
Ads referencing impeachment and the inauguration are also temporarily prohibited.
Kris Holt01.13.2021
Google will lift its ban on election ads this Thursday
Such ads have been prohibited since November 3rd.
Kris Holt12.09.2020
Facebook and Google indefinitely extend their ban on political ads
Facebook and Google's bans on political advertising are still in effect.
Kris Holt11.11.2020
Facebook's ad library is incorrectly showing political ads as 'active'
In advance of the 2020 US presidential election, Facebook said it would temporarily ban political, electoral and “social issue” advertisement starting on November 4th, the day after the election.
Nathan Ingraham11.04.2020
The Trump campaign is testing the limits of Facebook's election ad rules
Donald Trump is putting Facebook's ad rules to the test with a new ad claiming he is "still" the president.
Karissa Bell10.27.2020
Google will temporarily ban election ads after polls close
The company hopes 'to limit the potential for ads to increase confusion post-election.'
Kris Holt10.27.2020
Google reportedly plans to ban post-election day political ads
Google will reportedly not run any election-related ads after polls for the US presidential election close on November 3rd.
Igor Bonifacic09.25.2020
Pinterest users won't see ads when they search for election-related content
Pinterest is implementing new policies to limit the amount and spread of misleading information related to the upcoming US presidential election.
Igor Bonifacic09.03.2020
Facebook may pause political ads prior to the 2020 election
Facebook could make a major change to its advertising policies.
Karissa Bell07.10.2020
Reddit lists all political ads and spending in a special subreddit
Reddit has launched a subreddit called r/RedditPoliticalAds that will provide much more transparency about political advertising on the site. It also updated its political ad policies, requiring campaigns to work with Reddit’s sales team and leave comments turned on for at least 24 hours.
Steve Dent04.14.2020
Researchers: Facebook’s ad transparency tools are ‘easy to evade’
Facebook has long touted its rules requiring transparency in political advertising as one of the company's most important policy changes following Russian interference in the 2016 election. But new research suggests the company's ad rules may not be as effective at creating the kind of "transparency" Facebook has given itself so much credit for.
Karissa Bell03.06.2020
Facebook removes Trump campaign's 'census' ads
Facebook has removed more than a thousand of Donald Trump's campaign ads for breaking its rules prohibiting misinformation related to the 2020 U.S. census. The ads, which were first reported by journalist Judd Legum, urged users to participate in the "Official 2020 Congressional District Census," and redirected to a survey on the Trump campaign website.
Karissa Bell03.05.2020
Facebook: Creators must disclose paid partnerships with political campaigns
Mike Bloomberg's ploy to reach voters through bad Instagram memes may be tacky, but it is not violating any Facebook or Instagram rules, as long as creators disclose paid partnerships. "After hearing from multiple campaigns, we agree that there's a place for branded content in political discussion on our platforms," Facebook said in a statement provided to Engadget.
Christine Fisher02.14.2020