Facebook pledged to remove the offending categories and to hire thousands more employees to
enforce its ad policies.
Not exact matches
Facebook says it will attempt to make advertising more transparent,
enforce stronger
ad policies, invest in security to prevent interference and hand over information to Congress about previously discovered
ads.
After EIA's appeal and press attention, Amazon.com and Google were proactive in removing the
ads; however, EIA appealed to Google and Amazon.com to not only remove the
ads for ivory and whale products, but also to remain vigilant in
enforcing their
policies in the future.
The EIA is appealing to Amazon.com CEO Jeff Bezos to ensure that all Amazon.com promotions of
ads for elephant ivory products on its sites are immediately and permanently removed, and that Amazon.com remains vigilant in monitoring and
enforcing this
policy in the future.
YouTube will
enforce the new eligibility
policy for all existing channels as of February 20th, meaning that channels that fail to meet the threshold will no longer be able to make income from
ads.
Facebook says that targeting an
ad based on race, ethnicity, and origin — as well as factors like religion, sexual orientation, and disabilities — has always been against its advertising
policies, but the platform is now clarifying those guidelines and enhancing how violations are
enforced.
Facebook adds that they are working to improve detection of deceptive and misleading
ad practices, and will be
enforcing the
policy across other platforms including Audience Network and -LSB-...]