political ads
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Google’s Hitting Pause On Political Ads — At Least For Now
Starting today, Google is issuing a pause on all political ads — as well as any ads referencing to the US Capitol siege — until “at least” January 21st, according to an email the company sent to its advertising partners that was obtained by Axios. In it, Google described taking this stance “following the unprecedented…
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Facebook Threatens to Muzzle an NYU Research Project Into Its Political Ad Targeting
Facebook’s trying to muzzle a group of academic researchers working to shine a light on the company’s notoriously opaque political-ad targeting practices. It’s threatened the team with “enforcement action” if they don’t pull the plug on the project and wipe all data gathered so far, according to a Wall Street Journal report.
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Facebook Does Bare Minimum to Temporarily Slow Down Pro-Trump Misinformation PAC
In its latest spin around the misinformation merry-go-round, Facebook has temporarily restricted a pro-Trump super PAC that’s spent nearly $US10 ($14) million in the 2020 election cycle from placing ads for repeatedly sharing lies, the company told Gizmodo in a statement.
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Tulsi Gabbard’s PR Stunt Thrown Out By Federal Judge
A federal judge dismissed outright loooooong-shot Democratic presidential candidate and Hawaii Representative Tulsi Gabbard’s censorship lawsuit decision dated Tuesday that it had nothing resembling a plausible legal basis.