Political Advertising

Twitter to ban all political advertising starting 22 November ahead of 2020 US election; move piles pressure on Facebook

Twitter, reacting to growing concern about misinformation spread on social media, is banning all political advertising from its service

Mark Zuckerberg's Georgetown speech: First Amendment, China's censorship and more

Zuckerberg stood his ground, saying social media had introduced avenues for speech that should not be shut down.

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg says he considered banning political ads

Facebook has come under fire for its lax approach to fake news reports and disinformation campaigns.

Google, Facebook allowed political advertising during election day, says Russia

Russia has asked Facebook and Google to ban the publication of political advertising during elections.

Chinese app Helo posts around 11,000 political ads worth Rs 7.7 cr on Facebook, all have been taken down now

The ads under question had content involving political figures and nationally relevant issues but without any disclaimer as to who paid for them

Google promises transparency in political ads ahead of 2019 General Elections

Google will verify the identity of advertisers before their election ads run on its platforms.

Facebook brings political advertising rules to India ahead of the 2019 elections

Facebook's new rules and tools are an effort towards curbing election interference to India.

Facebook, Google agree to take voluntary measures to tackle fake news says EU

Facebook, Google, Twitter, Mozilla and advertisers have already responded with a range of measures.

Donald Trump asking appeals court to restore his power to block Twitter critics

Tim Berners-Lee: Data privacy, fake news and political advertising are the bane of the World Wide Web

28 years, later, what does Tim Berners-Lee, the creator of the world wide web, think of his creation? Here's what he has to say.