Facebook to Prohibit Anti-Voting Ads
- 5 years ago
Facebook to Prohibit
Anti-Voting Ads In 2018, the platform began
restricting posts that gave out
fake election dates and times, fake locations where to vote and conspiracies that votes will be thrown out. Their latest protocol involves taking down ads that demoralize people from casting ballots. According to Reuters, the social media giant's
new tactic is
still being developed. COO Sheryl Sandberg says the policy will
begin this fall, a year before the
2020 Presidential election. Facebook Public Policy Director Neil Potts says ads will be focused on because they are
specifically targeted. Neil Potts, via Reuters The move comes after U.S. intelligence agencies say Facebook operations by Russia helped
influence the 2016 election. Last October, the platform
set up campaigns to fight
distorted information before
the 2018 Midterms. Besides the U.S., Facebook is also now countering false election ads in parts of Europe and India.
Anti-Voting Ads In 2018, the platform began
restricting posts that gave out
fake election dates and times, fake locations where to vote and conspiracies that votes will be thrown out. Their latest protocol involves taking down ads that demoralize people from casting ballots. According to Reuters, the social media giant's
new tactic is
still being developed. COO Sheryl Sandberg says the policy will
begin this fall, a year before the
2020 Presidential election. Facebook Public Policy Director Neil Potts says ads will be focused on because they are
specifically targeted. Neil Potts, via Reuters The move comes after U.S. intelligence agencies say Facebook operations by Russia helped
influence the 2016 election. Last October, the platform
set up campaigns to fight
distorted information before
the 2018 Midterms. Besides the U.S., Facebook is also now countering false election ads in parts of Europe and India.