Political Ads

Facebook announces that it will remove certain misleading content about the 2020 US census

Facebook would prohibit ads that "portray census participation as useless or meaningless or advise people not to participate in the census."

Facebook is reportedly mulling over changing its political advertisement policy

Facebook’s policy is to accept paid political ads from candidates without fact-checking them or censoring them, even if they contain lies.

Google to restrict advertisers from targeting election ads using data like public voter records

Google will limit audience targeting for election ads to age, gender and general location at a postal code level.

Regulation in the digital age: Time is ripe for structural solutions and cultural rethinking of social media platforms says Chris Hughes

“We can get regulation right. We do it with airlines. We do it with pharmaceuticals. We do it with the FCC,” Hughes said

Snapchat founder Evan Spiegel says unlike Facebook, Snap Inc fact-checks political ads

Snapchat CEO Evan Spiegel has joined the chorus of voices in support of fact-checking politicians.

Debating political ads on social media is Facebook, Twitter's way to derail issue; what's needed is legislation, not bans

The advertising model and opaque ad-targeting of these platforms ends up undermining trust in political advertising itself.

Big tech companies are gearing up to fight misinformation ahead of UK elections

Social media platforms are mounting a vigorous campaign against misinformation before the general elections.

International committee calls for pause on false political ads online

Zuckerberg has defended this policy, saying that the company does not want to stifle political speech.

Civil rights activists meet Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg to discuss fact-checking political ads

Ahead of the US presidential election in November 2020, Facebook’s policy has also been slammed by Democratic candidates

Twitter to ban political ads next month ahead of 2020 US Elections: CEO Jack Dorsey

This comes when Facebook is facing growing pressure to stop selling ads that spread inaccurate information.