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

Reuters • November 21, 2019, 10:10:33 IST
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Google will limit audience targeting for election ads to age, gender and general location at a postal code level.

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

Alphabet Inc’s Google will stop giving advertisers the ability to target election ads using data such as public voter records and general political affiliations, the company said in a blog post on Wednesday. The move comes at a time when **social media platforms are under pressure** over their handling of political advertising ahead of the US presidential election in 2020. Google said it would limit audience targeting for election ads to age, gender and general location at a postal code level. Political advertisers also can still contextually target, such as serving ads to people reading about a certain topic. Previously, verified political advertisers could also target ads using data gleaned from users’ behaviour, such as search actions, that categorised them as left-leaning, right-leaning or independent. They could also upload data such as voter file lists to target ads to a lookalike audience which exhibited similar behaviours to those in the data. (Also read:  Debating political ads on social media is Facebook, Twitter's way to derail issue; what's needed is legislation, not bans ) [caption id=“attachment_7584141” align=“alignnone” width=“1024”]Google wants an order preventing the consultants from disclosing sensitive information or working for rivals until one year after their consultancies end. Google wants an order preventing the consultants from disclosing sensitive information or working for rivals until one year after their consultancies end.[/caption] Google will enforce the new approach in the United Kingdom within a week, ahead of the country’s general election on 12 December. It said it would enforce it in the European Union by the end of the year and in the rest of the world starting on 6 January 2020. (Also:  Twitter to ban political ads next month ahead of 2020 US elections: CEO Jack Dorsey ) “Given recent concerns and debates about political advertising, and the importance of shared trust in the democratic process, we want to improve voters’ confidence in the political ads they may see on our ad platforms,” Scott Spencer, vice president of product management for Google Ads, said in the blog post. Google is the top seller of online ads in the United States, but smaller rivals with fewer targeting restrictions may now attract more business from campaigns, one political ad buyer, speaking on condition of anonymity, told Reuters on Wednesday. (Also read:  Snapchat founder Evan Spiegel says unlike Facebook, Snap Inc fact-checks political ads ) Google added examples to its misrepresentation policy to show that it would not allow false claims about election results or the eligibility of political candidates based on age or birthplace. Last month, Google refused to remove an **ad run by President Donald Trump’s re-election campaign** on its YouTube video-streaming service that Democratic presidential hopeful Joe Biden’s campaign said contained false claims, because it did not violate the policy. A Google spokeswoman told Reuters on Wednesday that the video would still be allowed under the latest policy. Social media giant Facebook Inc has been criticised by lawmakers and regulators over its **decision to not fact-check ads run by politicians on its platform** , while **Twitter has decided to ban political ads** . Google also clarified that its policies for political and nonpolitical ads prohibit doctored and manipulated media. On 3 December, the company will expand its ad transparency efforts to ads related to state-level elections, including them in an online database created to catalogue political advertising.

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