Sentences with phrase «political ad buyers»

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On Friday, Zuckerberg threw his support behind proposed legislation, known as the Honest Ads Act, that would require social media sites to disclose the identities of buyers of online political campaign aAds Act, that would require social media sites to disclose the identities of buyers of online political campaign adsads.

New changes by Facebook aim to make it tougher for buyers of political ads and issue ads to interfere with elections.

The governor's proposals, which mirror legislation pending in Congress, would also expand the state's definition of a political communication — which currently only covers television, radio and newspaper ads — to include paid internet and digital advertisements, requiring them to include statements that say who the buyers are.

SAN FRANCISCO / WASHINGTON Facebook Inc backed for the first time on Friday proposed legislation requiring social media sites to disclose the identities of buyers of online political campaign ads and introduced a new verification process for people buying «issue» ads, which have been used to sow discord online.

Facebook's initial search was for buyers who took out potentially political ads and either self - identified as Russian, had Russian set as their language, had a Russian IP address, or paid for the ad in Russian rubles.

Earlier this month, Facebook admitted that Russian - linked ad buyers had spent $ 150,000 on US political ads during the 2016 election campaign.

If the government actually wants to protect the public against Facebook abusing its power, it would need to go harder than the Honest Ads Act that would put political advertising on Internet platforms under the same scrutiny regarding disclosure of buyers as the rules for TV and radio advertising.

Social media platform Facebook will look to verify buyers of political ads through postcards, as the company will determine whether the individuals reside within or outside the US.