Category: Honest Ads Act

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Twitter unveils new political ad guidelines set to go into effect this summer

sudshr47 May 24, 2018

Following the unrelenting wave of controversy around Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election, Twitter announced new guidelines today for political advertisements on the social networking site. The policy, which will go into effect this summer ahead of midterm elections, will look towards preventing foreign election interference by requiring organizations to self-identify and certify that […]

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What we can learn from the 3,500 Russian Facebook ads meant to stir up U.S. politics

sudshr47 May 10, 2018

On Thursday, Democrats on the House Intelligence Committee released a massive new trove of Russian government-funded Facebook political ads targeted at American voters. While we’d seen a cross section of the ads before through prior releases from the committee, the breadth of ideological manipulation is on full display across the more than 3,500 newly released […]

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Twitter endorses the Honest Ads Act, a bill promoting political ad transparency

sudshr47 April 10, 2018

Just hours before social media companies face a regulatory reckoning with Facebook’s appearance on the Hill, Twitter is taking a step to get right with Congress. In a series of tweets from its public policy account, Twitter just announced its decision to back the Honest Ads Act, a piece of legislation introduced last year as […]

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Facebook demands ID verification for big Pages, “issue” ad buyers

sudshr47 April 6, 2018

Facebook is looking to self-police by implementing parts of the proposed Honest Ads Act before the government tries to regulate it. To fight fake news and election interference, Facebook will require the admins of popular Facebook Pages and advertisers buying political or “issue” ads on “debated topics of national legislative importance” like education or abortion […]

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