political ads
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Facebook Has A Political Ad Problem
In the wake of a carpet-bomb of Bloomberg-sponsored memes, The New York Times reported rumblings of nervous activity over at Facebook HQ this week. Several meme accounts, including previous FyreFest shills FuckJerry, had mobilised into an entity called “Meme 2020”; Bloomberg appeared on dozens of feeds with millions of followers, photoshopped in board shorts, flouting…
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When Asked About Trump Dinner, Zuckerberg Is Suddenly A Big Fan Of Privacy
Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan recently sat down with CBS This Morning‘s Gayle King for a conversation about the future of the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, a limited liability company that wants “to accelerate progress.” More interesting than the very wealthy couple’s unusual attempt at philanthropy, however, was Zuckerberg’s response to a question about his secret…
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Mark Zuckerberg Had Undisclosed Meeting With Donald Trump, Peter Thiel Amid Furor On Political Ads
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg had an undisclosed meeting with Donald Trump at the White House in October, not long after Facebook quietly eased its policies to let politicians lie in ads and as intense pressure was building on the company to roll that change back, NBC News reported on Thursday.
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Jack Dorsey Takes Obvious Opportunity To Backstab Facebook With Twitter Political Ad Ban
Twitter on Wednesday announced a blanket ban on all political and issue-based advertising across its site, with CEO Jack Dorsey stating in a series of tweets that the company had decided to do so because “paying for reach” forces “highly optimised and targeted political messages on people.”