But the Honest Ads Act and other rules
about ads transparency and data privacy could end up protecting Facebook by being simply a paperwork speed bump for it while making it tough for competitors to build a rival database of personal info.
But the Honest Ads Act and other rules
about ads transparency and data privacy could end up protecting Facebook by being simply a paperwork speed bump for it while making it tough for competitors to build a rival database of personal info.
Not exact matches
It also promised that new settings it was rolling out will offer «more control over
ads you see and more
transparency about the data shared with advertisers.»
Ad tech firms are out of favor these days - too many players, too many unmet promises, too little
transparency, too few successes, and too much money for nothing much to talk
about in the way of results.
His stock response to the committee's concerns
about divisive political
ads was that Facebook believes «radical
transparency» is the fix — also dropping one tidbit of extra news on that front in his written testimony by saying Facebook will roll out an authentication process for political advertisers in the UK in time for the local elections in May 2019.
Twitter announced an «advertising
transparency center» to disclose information
about its
ads, and Facebook said it would require political advertisers to verify their identities and would include disclosures in their election - related
ads.
The Honest
Ads Act and FEC guidelines may be able to do something
about political advertising and
transparency online.
«I think there are things like
ads transparency regulation that I would love to see,» he said, apparently talking
about a bill in the Senate for
transparency in election
ads.
By accessing the Networks tab, Display Network advertisers looking for
transparency can discover a good deal
about the domains serving
ad impressions as well as specific interior URLs under the See URL List feature.
«We are particularly concerned
about the lack of
transparency in relation to targeted
ads,» says Elizabeth Knight of the Open Rights Group.
It's interesting that you and others here have gone the
ad hominem route simply because I call for
transparency and honesty
about uncertainties in climate science.
There will also be a special section in the
transparency center focused on electioneering, where you can find out additional information like who's being targeted by an
ad, more information
about the organization buying it and how much they've spent on advertising.
I know a couple of senators are working really hard on this, but we're committed and we've actually already started rolling out
ad transparency tools that accomplish most of the things that are in all the bills that people are talking
about today because this is an important thing.
Product management director Brad Leathern talked
about the steps Facebook is taking for more
transparency in
ads.
If it is true that Facebook
ads can help businesses by altering people's attitudes
about purchasing decisions, as some academic studies suggest, «it's Facebook's own data collection and the tools it makes available to clients that should be the target of scrutiny and perhaps regulation, both from a privacy perspective and for the sake of political
transparency,» Bershidsky wrote.
The steps Zuckerberg announced Thursday - which included efforts to improve the review of political
ads and enhance
transparency about who buys them - drew some praise from lawmakers who recently had expressed frustration with the company.
But we're committed and we've actually already started rolling out
ad transparency tools that accomplish most of the things that are in the bills people are talking
about today.