Facebook says platform is ‘open, transparent, non-partisan’ after WSJ report claims content policies favoured BJP
• 5 years agoThe Parliamentary Standing Committee on IT has summoned Facebook on 2 September to discuss the alleged misuse of the platform
Facebook considering banning political ads ahead of US Presidential elections: Report
• 5 years agoReportedly, as of now, the potential ban is only being discussed and has not been finalised.
Facebook says it will now label newsworthy content, activists argue 'new changes don't go nearly far enough'
Tech2 News Staff • 5 years agoFacebook also said it will label all posts and ads about voting with links to authoritative information, including those from politicians.
Magnolia Pictures, Northface, other US companies pull ads from Facebook, Instagram in support of #StopHateForProfit campaign
• 5 years agoThe Stop Hate for Profit campaign was started by several US civil rights groups after the death of George Floyd.
Facebook drops plans to roll out adverts in WhatsApp, but will still integrate ads in Status: Report
Tech2 News Staff • 5 years agoFacebook hasn't, however, dropped its plan to integrate ads into the Status feature.
Facebook announces that it will remove certain misleading content about the 2020 US census
• 5 years agoFacebook would prohibit ads that "portray census participation as useless or meaningless or advise people not to participate in the census."
Facebook under fire as thousands of political ads go missing from archive days ahead of UK elections
• 5 years agoThe problem affected Facebook ads from the ruling Conservative Party, the Brexit Party and the Liberal Democrats.
Google to restrict advertisers from targeting election ads using data like public voter records
• 5 years agoGoogle will limit audience targeting for election ads to age, gender and general location at a postal code level.
Sri Lanka presidential polls today: Despite 35 candidates in fray, voters face difficult task of picking 'lesser of two evils'
Raisa Wickrematunge • 5 years agoEven though there are 35 candidates in the fray for the Sri Lanka presidential election, the election has come down to a race between two candidates — Gotabaya Rajapaksa and Sajith Premadasa
International committee calls for pause on false political ads online
• 5 years agoZuckerberg has defended this policy, saying that the company does not want to stifle political speech.