Twitter will need to explain to Congress how its platform was used by Russian trolls attempting to influence the U.S. presidential election, and Facebook ought to make political
ads purchased by fake Russian accounts public, the senator said.
He said Facebook is working with lawmakers to release copies of
ads purchased by Russian sources.
Earlier this month, the social giant turned over copies of roughly 3,000
ads purchased by Russian trolls before Election Day to the Senate Judiciary Committee.
And a notable slice of the 3,000 total
ads purchased by Kremlin trolls had been viewed after Election Day.
Some of Burr's criticisms focused on reports that suggested Facebook
ads purchased by Russian agents specifically targeted Michigan and Wisconsin in a bid to boost Trump.
The company also removed $ 167,000 worth of
ads purchased by the Russian - controlled pages since 2015, Mr. Stamos said.
In a briefing with Senate and House staffers last week, Facebook officials showed half a dozen examples of
ads purchased by the Russian groups, the people said.
The role Facebook and social media played in the 2016 election — particularly the issue of political
ads purchased by Russian troll farms and the spread of disinformation to sow division — has been an area of interest for both House and Senate investigators into Russian meddling in the presidential race.
Earlier this month, Facebook said it would turn over data on some 3,000
ads purchased by a Russian entity that appeared to inflame political divisions during the campaign.
Facebook disclosed last month that it had identified more than $ 100,000 worth of political
ads purchased by a Russian company linked to the Russian government.
The House panel released a sampling of
the ads purchased by the Russians on the day of the hearing, and promised to release all 3,000 soon afterwardto give the public a more complete picture of the election interference.
Facebook disclosed last September that it had identified more than $ 100,000 worth of political
ads purchased by a Russian company linked to the Kremlin.
The vote was prompted after a recent
ad purchased by The Dallas - Fort Worth Coalition of Reason which caused a lot of commotion in town.
Fascinating: a political party founded in the 19th century is using an email list to raise money over the Internet based on a newspaper print
ad purchased by a political organization that was founded ten years ago in part as an email list... the mind boggles.
Facebook is turning over information regarding
ad purchases by Russian - linked sources during the campaign to investigators.
In fact, I can't access Politico without clicking through an anti-Sweeney
ad purchased by NJEA as part of its extensive marketing campaign.
Not exact matches
There are actually two ways to segment —
by income level — the traffic you are
purchasing via the Google AdWords
ad interface, one manual and one automatic.
Research
by Dynamic Logic indicates that
ads integrated into the content of the website are the most effective at increasing awareness and
purchase intent.
That's another reason why Amazon's
purchase of streaming rights for Thursday NFL games is such a big deal — also evidenced
by the fact that Amazon is reportedly charging advertisers millions of dollars for
ad packages for those games.
By shifting their focus even closer toward communities, they clearly see and very much understand their value — both to users and companies
purchasing ads targeting those users.
In fact, it's now easier for small businesses to place display
ads on millions of websites
by going through a few
ad networks that have
purchased most of the space available on publisher websites.
April 2013 — Facebook launches Partner Categories: Further enriching the capabilities of its
ad targeting platform
by linking up with major data broker companies which hold aggregate pools of third party data, including information on people's offline
purchases.
In other words, you want your
ads to show up for internet searches that indicate a strong
purchasing intent — you want to be seen
by people who want your product or service.
To focus on simply Google and Facebook, though, is to miss how much other data collection is going on:
ad networks are tracking you on nearly every website you visit, your credit card company is tracking your
purchases (and
by extension your location), your grocery store is tracking your eating habit, the list goes on and on.
Facebook's predictive
ad service tool will make it possible for advertisers to build campaigns beyond user demographics and preferences, instead using data that anticipates user behavior and
purchases, according to a «confidential» document obtained
by The Intercept.
Since the first pay - per - click
ad was generated, some nefarious schemer has attempted to defraud legitimate businesses out of budget
by clicking on
ads with absolutely no intent of
purchase or interest in the products being advertised.
The findings revealed that political
ads from U.S elections worth $ 100,000 were
purchased between June 2015 and May 2017
by a Russian «troll farm» called the Internet Research Agency.
But now Echo Fox will have to rebuild with a completely new roster: support Bunny FuFuu left for Cloud9, top laner Hauntzer left for TSM and
AD Carry Altec joined NRG, a new team
purchased by co-owners of the Sacramento Kings.
In 2002, the Senn Park Advisory Council circulated
ads inviting neighborhood residents and businesses to contribute to new playground equipment
by purchasing a commemorative clay brick to be laid inside the park.
Television and print
ads,
by contrast, are done in standard formats and sizes and
ad agencies can usually
purchase space in many outlets at once.
Since
ads on a particular page are arranged and emphasized based on the amount each advertiser has «bid» to
purchase those keywords, a campaign may be able to reach more people for the same amount of money
by advertising on more - specific queries.
Corporate brands like Proctor & Gamble and Volkswagon have been running test campaigns with promising results: VW saw a measurable lift in sales last spring after targeting
ads to households with high auto
purchase intent (as determined
by looking at data sets that included auto lease expiration dates).
But again, the
ads are marked as «sponsored,» and BP could have avoided the critique almost entirely
by purchasing only sidebar
ads rather than ones that appear above the organic search results.
The White House's Internet
ad campaign drew Goldman into a click - for - click clash of the search terms yesterday, with the financial house buying its own
ads to compete with those
purchased by the president's team.
They've
purchased TV
ads portraying the convention as potentially corrupt and controlled
by lawmakers who already hold power.
Meanwhile, the PAC supported
by the New York State United Teachers union is launching a $ 312,000 TV
ad purchase to bolster Terry Gipson, the former senator who is running against Serino for his old seat in the 41st district.
Fraudulent accounts backed
by Russians may have
purchased ads on Facebook during the election, the social media giant acknowledged on Wednesday.
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Facebook Inc. said it plans today to turn over to the U.S. Congress copies of some 3,000
ads that the social network says were likely
purchased by people in Russia in the months before and after the 2016 U.S. election.
Facebook won't publicly release the roughly 3,000
ads linked to Russia and
purchased on its platform despite calls to do so
by congressional investigators on Wednesday, a person close to the company told Business Insider.
In the latest rollout of initiatives to be included in his State of the State address, Cuomo called for requirements on websites and other digital platforms that run New York political
ads to disclose who
purchases them and to make «reasonable efforts» to ensure they are not being bought
by a foreign interest.
The congresswoman's office insisted that
purchase of journal
ads by the district attorney account did not violate FEC regulations because the
ads did not include the words «Congress» or «House of Representatives,» but only Rice's name.
Prompted
by the widespread Russian influence campaign that targeted nearly two dozen states during the 2016 presidential election and the proliferation of secretive political advertising on social media platforms like Facebook, Cuomo proposed and the state Legislature successfully passed the «Democracy Protection Act,» which prohibits foreign entities from creating independent expenditure committees or buying political
ads, requires anyone who
purchases an online political
ad to register as an independent expenditure committee, and also requires online
ads to include information about who paid for them, as is currently required of traditional media platforms.
Participants were then asked to respond to questions about the
ad that ranked their perceptions of creepiness, threat, feelings about seeing the
ad (for example: irritated, angry, happy, or upbeat), their attitude about seeing the
ad, the likelihood they would
purchase the advertised product, and whether they felt manipulated
by having seen the
ad they were shown.
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If you are using one of the sites and an advertisement comes up that interest you,
by all means, click on that
ad and
purchase the product if it meets your needs.
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purchased by a mega-conglomerate run
by an ersatz Rupert Murdoch media tycoon with the Kafkaesque moniker Teddy K (Malcolm McDowell).
Checking the local wanted
ads and asking people to donate, or contacting local businesses and asking them to
purchase equipment in exchange for a note on the bike that says «This bike is sponsored
by 123 Dentist...» is also worth a try.