political ads
Senators Demand Answers From Zuckerberg Over Suspended Researchers
Read the fiery letter sent by three Democratic senators to Mark Zuckerberg after two researchers investigating political ad transparency on Facebook had their accounts suspended.
FTC Slams Facebook for Lying About Why It Shut Down Misinformation Research
The Federal Trade Commission also called the social media platform a “surveillance-based advertising” company.
Facebook Just Suspended the Accounts of Some of Its Biggest Critics
The Cybersecurity for Democracy project had been tracking vaccine disinformation and revealing how Facebook's political ad program works.
So Facebook Cleared Things Up for 2020: Politicians Can Totally Lie to Users
Hitting select audiences with highly tailored messages was key to the Trump campaign’s dominance on the platform four years ago.
Even Spotify Took a Thinly-Veiled Swipe at Facebook's Stance on Political Ads
The streaming giant announced Friday that it would indefinitely suspend political ads because it can’t sufficiently vet them.
Why Twitter’s Political Ad Ban Won’t Make a Damn Difference
"That money that you’re banning isn’t leaving politics.”
Facebook Employees Have Launched Their First Major Protest Against Mark Zuckerberg
As the tech industry transforms into a hotbed of employee dissent, Facebook employees have remained on the sidelines. Are they finally having their moment?
Mark Zuckerberg Just Gave Every Politician a Green Light to Lie in Facebook Ads
“We don’t fact-check political ads. ... we think people should be able to say for themselves what politicians are saying”
Facebook's political ad tool let us buy ads “paid for” by Mike Pence and ISIS
It also allowed us to post actual propaganda from Russia's influence campaign during the 2016 election.
This Montana Republican's Insane Campaign Ad Is Racist as Hell
Former judge Russ Fagg warns voters in his state about the famous and well-known direct pipeline from El Salvador to Helena.
The FEC took a tiny step to regulate online political ads, but not in time for 2018 elections
But it won't go into effect before the 2018 midterm elections