The Interface is a daily column and newsletter about the intersection of social media and democracy. Subscribe here. Programming note: The Interface is off on Thursday. Back on Monday.Source: Turning off political ads on Facebook could have unpredictable consequences...
Rep. Anna Eshoo (D-Calif.) has collected a number of supporters for her bill banning microtargeted political ads. “Political speech is critical to democratic discourse, but organized disinformation and organic misinformation use microtargeting and prevent ideas from being debated in the open.Source: Bill Banning Microtargeted Political Ads Draws Crowd...
For months, Facebook has endured criticism for its policy that allows politicians to run political ads containing false information on its services. The policy has been criticized by activists and by presumptive Democratic nominee Joe Biden.Source: Mark Zuckerberg says Facebook will allow users to turn off political ads...
The 2020 election is going to be unlike any other. It was already going to be a heated campaign, and that was before the pandemic — and before the killing of George Floyd and so many others forced us yet again to confront the painful reality of systemic racism in America.Source: Mark Zuckerberg: Historic Facebook campaign will boost voter registration, turnout...
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Facebook decided Friday to allow a type of paid political message that had sidestepped many of the social network’s rules governing political ads, in a reversal that highlights difficulties tech companies and regulators have in keeping up with the changing nature of paid polSource: Facebook reverses on paid political messages that aren’t ads...
As we enter the 2020 election year, a large majority of Americans are familiar with the major social media sites in the rapidly expanding digital universe.Source: An oasis of bipartisanship: Republicans and Democrats distrust social media sites for political and election news...
Twitter's searchable online ads database is filled with confusing labels on accounts maintained by political campaigns, making it difficult for the public to assess whether the social network is enforcing its ban on political advertising.Source: Twitter flags Trump, Biden, Warren campaigns, citing ad-policy violations...
President Donald Trump's reelection campaign and the GOP's top political arms are accusing Google of suppressing voter turnout in the 2020 election after the search giant announced it will no longer let campaigns and elected officials target highly specific groups of users with political advertisemeSource: Trump campaign, Republicans blast Google for political advertising changes...
Google’s move to curb abuses in online political advertising has sparked a debate about one of ad land’s most-effective targeting tools, known as “customer match,” where marketers serve messages directly to voters based on their email contacts.Source: Google takes a match to political ad targeting, now Facebook feels the heat too...
The social network is said to be discussing changes that include restricting how precisely campaigns can reach specific groups.Source: Why Everyone Is Angry at Facebook Over Its Political Ads Policy...
