Facebook to provide data on targeted political ads to researchers
Facebook Inc said it would provide academic researchers information on how political ads were targeted in the lead-up to the
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Google to pause all political ads from January 14
Alphabet Inc.’s Google said in an email to advertisers that the action was taken “following the unprecedented events of the
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Facebook weighs 'kill switch' for political ads after US election to curb misinformation, source says
Facebook Inc is considering halting political advertising after US Election Day to curb post-election misinformation, a source who has had
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Facebook closes political ads loophole ahead of US presidential election
The world’s biggest social network has attached a “paid for by” disclaimer to political ads since 2018, after facing a
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Facebook declines to limit political ad targeting
Facebook has decided not to limit how political ads can be targeted to specific groups of people, as its main
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Facebook says group used computer-generated faces to push pro-Trump message
Researchers from New York-based Graphika and the Digitial Forensics Research Lab, an arm of the Washington-based Atlantic Council, said it
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We don't allow misinformation to appear in ads: Snapchat CEO
While Facebook faces the ire over presence of misleading and fake political ads on its platform, Snapchat has said it
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Twitter officially bans all political ads on platform
Putting pressure on Facebook to follow suit, Twitter has officially banned all kinds of political ads from its platform, weeks
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Flagging fake political posts as satire more effective on Facebook: Study
If you want to convince people not to trust an inaccurate political post on Facebook, labeling it as satire can
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