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...

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...

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...