Facebook to vet political ads for UK, Northern Ireland"s 2019 elections

2019 has been especially tumultuous for Facebook. The biggest issue the company faces stems from political advertising, and Facebook's policy not to fact-check that advertising. "Facebook exempts politician.....»»

Facebook Suspends Netanyahu Page Function For Hate Speech As Benjamin Netanyahu fights for his political survival, seeking a record 5th term as prime minister during the upcoming Sept. 17 elections, he and his Likud party have suffered .....»»

Anyone wanting to run ads pertaining to elections, politics or social issues must confirm their id.....»»

Facebook is tightening its rules around political advertising ahead of the 2020 U.S. presidential elections, an acknowledgement of previous misuse......»»

REUTERS/Aaron P. Bernstein Facebook has rolled out its political ad transparency tools across the EU, two months before European Parliament elections take place. Turnout for.....»»

Facebook is launching a pilot program in Ireland ahead of a referendum on abortion which it hopes will ensure greater transparency in political advertising......»»

Facebook will trial a new tool in Ireland aimed at providing greater transparency about political ads......»»

Lalu Prasad said it was a political conspiracy to discharge him, Lalu Prasad's supporters said it was a conspiracy to murder him.....»»

How Google and Facebook are handling ads around Ireland's abortion referendum is raising new questions about the companies' preparedness for the US midterm elections in November......»»

This would include outreach through Facebook, WhatsApp, Twitter, increase in number of media briefings and interviews, and a focus away from Delhi and Mumbai-based English and Hindi media.....»»

Zuckerberg stressed that he's trying to plug loopholes across its services, including curbing fake news and political interference on its platform in the wake of upcoming elections.....»»

A new study based on Facebook data provides a picture of who is placing political ads on the social network ahead of the midterm elections. President Trump tops the list......»»

Facebook has identified a coordinated political influence campaign ahead of November's U.S. congressional elections and taken down dozens of fake accounts. Fred Katayama reports......»»

Facebook has identified a coordinated political influence campaign ahead of November’s U.S. congressional elections and has taken down dozens of fake accounts on its site, the company said on Tuesday. Chris Dignam reports......»»

Campaign strategists are gearing up to flood Facebook with inflammatory and polarizing ads heading into the midterm elections, saying its advertising platform rewards extreme messaging more than other venues......»»

Alex Stamos blames the lack of progress on political polarization. Facebook’s former head of information security.....»»

Facebook is better prepared to defend against efforts to manipulate the platform to influence elections and has recently thwarted foreign influence campaigns targeting several countries, chief executive Mark Zucker.....»»

Facebook Inc said on Thursday that it would no longer dispatch employees to the offices of political campaigns to offer support ahead of elections, as it did with U.S. President Donald Trump in the 2016 race......»»

Facebook (FB) announces that a team of specialists will try to prevent misuse of information on the platform ahead of 2019 Lok Sabha elections in India. Reportedly, Facebo.....»»

Facebook has taken down hundreds of accounts that were spreading false or misleading political content ahead of the U.S. midterm elections, one of the social network’s most aggressive efforts to stop misinformation spread primarily by Americans......»»