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Meta to ban political advertis...Meta to ban political advertisement in the final week of US midterm election
The Silicon Review
17 August, 2022
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The Silicon Review Team
Meta has announced to disable new political, electoral, and social issue ads a week before voting begins for the US midterm elections in November.
Meta announced that the Ads that have run before the restriction period would be allowed to run during the time. Nick Clegg, President, Global affair of Meta, said, "To simplify the process from the last cycle, any edits related to placement creative, targeting and the optimization won't be permitted." He added that the restriction would be lifted the day after the election.
Meta said that many people across more than 40 teams are operating on the midterm polls, and approximately it spent $5 billion globally on safety and security last year. The company said it would not allow any posts or ads that misrepresent crucial details about the voting process, including the time, date, and voting methods. The social media giant said it is also investing in proactive threat detection. It is expanding the policies to help address coordinated threats of violence and harassment against poll workers and election officials.
Facebook paused the political ads for the first time on November 4, 2020. Meta said they are also showing election-related in-Feed notifications in a second language other than English this year if they feel the second language is better understood.
