The company announced that it sought to create a new database for
election ads purchased on AdWords and YouTube, along with stronger disclosure rules and a new ad transparency report due in 2018.
Not exact matches
Facebook's analysis found that a pro-Kremlin group in Russia
purchased $ 100,000 in political
ads during the
election, according to a company blog post.
In September, Facebook said it had found evidence that fake accounts «likely operated out of Russia»
purchased thousands of
ads during the 2016 US presidential
election.
Earlier this year Mueller charged 13 Russian individuals and three Russian companies in a plot to interfere in the 2016 presidential
election through a social media propaganda effort that included online
ad purchases using U.S. aliases and politicking on U.S. soil.
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.
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.
Records at state Board of
Elections show the PAC spent $ 1 million on
ad and media
purchase opposing Kaminsky as well.
A Russian company
purchased ads on Facebook during the 2016 presidential
election.
First, the company was under fire for allowing Russian operatives to
purchase Facebook
ads to influence the 2016 U.S Presidential
election.
Mayer's campaign on Sunday said the commercial was part of a significant
ad purchase and will run through April 24, the date of the special
election.
Fraudulent accounts backed by Russians may have
purchased ads on Facebook during the
election, the social media giant acknowledged on Wednesday.
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.
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.
First, the company was under fire for allowing Russian operatives to
purchase Facebook
ads to influence the 2016 U.S Presidential
election.
For those struggling to get some coverage, The Law Times launched a website today for the 2011 Bencher
Elections, where candidates can submit profiles and
purchase ad space.
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.
This is the same type of
ad Facebook recently acknowledged was
purchased by a Russian troll factory in order to target Americans during the
election.
Facebook earlier announced plans to verify advertisers who are
purchasing election - related
ads, and to set up a searchable archive of such
ads.
Facebook previously promised to hand over the Kremlin - tied
ads, which were
purchased in the months leading up to the
election and are valued at more than $ 100,000.
And a notable slice of the 3,000 total
ads purchased by Kremlin trolls had been viewed after
Election Day.
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.
On Google, Russian actors
purchased a small number of
ads around the 2016 presidential
election.
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.
In September, Facebook revealed that it found 470 profiles tied to agents of the Russian government, which
purchased 3,000
ads around
Election Day.
Democrats in the House and Senate are pushing the Federal
Election Commission to develop new rules governing political advertising on social media after Facebook revealed that Russian trolls routinely purchased ads on its platform during the 2016 electio
Election Commission to develop new rules governing political advertising on social media after Facebook revealed that Russian trolls routinely
purchased ads on its platform during the 2016
electionelection cycle.
Seattle's
election watchdog has slammed Facebook, saying that the social media platform has violated a law, by not disclosing the names of those
purchasing political
ads.
Facebook plans to mail out verification postcards through the US postal service to anyone
purchasing ads related to US
elections, according to Reuters.
Recent reports have suggested the advertisements
purchased by Russia and run on Facebook during the 2016 campaign reached as many as 10 million Americans, and about half of the
ads were seen before the presidential
election.
According to Quartz, Facebook had announced requirements for
purchasing electoral
ads back in October but is now expanding them to «issue»
ads, which are largely what Russians were running on US Facebook ahead of the 2016 presidential
election.
As part of its ongoing probe into Russian
election meddling, Democrats on the House Intelligence Committee have released a «representative sampling» of Facebook and Instagram
ads allegedly
purchased by Russian trolls during presidential campaign season.