Facebook and Google indefinitely extend their ban on political adsGoogle plans to review the situation weekly.By K. Holt, 11.11.2020
Google will temporarily ban election ads after polls closeThe company hopes 'to limit the potential for ads to increase confusion post-election.'By K. Holt, 10.27.2020
Facebook rejects Biden's request to remove false Trump attack adIt doesn't fact check politicians' posts or ads.By K. Holt, 10.09.2019
Facebook expands election integrity efforts ahead of EU voteIt plans more measures to ensure transparency around political ads.By K. Holt, 01.28.2019
Facebook will expand its political ad rules to Nigeria, Ukraine and EUIt's also rolling them out in India.By M. Locklear, 01.16.2019
Facebook won't require political ad labels for news outletsThe change will start in the UK and expand to the US and elsewhere.By A. Dellinger, 11.29.2018
Google will demand verification from European political ad buyersThe tech giant is bringing the verification procedure it launched in the US to Europe. By M. Moon, 11.22.2018
Facebook pulls Trump ad TV networks took off the airIt ran for several days on network TV and Facebook before being dropped.By A. Dellinger, 11.05.2018
Facebook's political ad system is still easily trickedIt approved ads falsely claiming to be from Mike Pence and ISIS.By M. Locklear, 10.25.2018
Facebook’s political ad system still allows anonymous advertisingAnonymous attack ads have targeted a candidate in Virginia.By M. Locklear, 10.17.2018
Twitter will shield ‘legitimate’ news orgs from its political ad policyCriteria to qualify include monthly traffic and a searchable archive.By S. Krishna, 08.30.2018
Facebook makes it easier for researchers to analyze its ad archiveA new API will sort by metrics like ad spend, impressions and demographics reached.By D. Lumb, 08.22.2018
Google publishes its own archive of US political adsPolitical ads that have run on any part of its platform are archived there.By D. Lumb, 08.15.2018
Facebook's tougher policies delay Hispanic political adsIts attempt to prevent interference is having unintended consequences.By J. Fingas, 08.05.2018
Trump is one of the biggest political ad spenders on FacebookResearchers are putting Facebook’s political ad archive to use.By M. Locklear, 07.18.2018
Facebook is showing users all the ads a Page could serveIt's the latest effort to bring more transparency to its social network.By E. Alvarez, 06.28.2018
Facebook won't exempt publishers from new political ad policyThere's too much potential for abuse, according to Facebook.By J. Fingas, 06.13.2018
Google suspends election ads in Washington stateIt's to comply with recent disclosure law amendments.By K. Filippidis, 06.07.2018
Washington state sues Google and Facebook over political ad records“Washingtonians have a right to know who’s paying for the political ads they see."By N. Summers, 06.05.2018
Facebook’s new political ad policies have problems of their ownNon-political ads and publishers are being affected by the new rules.By M. Locklear, 06.01.2018