Neowin News Feed for: Meddling

Facebook making it tougher to advertise during the 2020 U.S. presidential election

Paul Hill — Wed, 28 Aug 2019 11:40:02 +0000

Facebook has announced that it's updating its ad-publishing rules ready for the upcoming U.S. presidential elections in 2020. With the changes voters will be able to easily track candidate spending. Read more...

Facebook rolls out ad transparency tools globally, albeit with caveats

Paul Hill — Tue, 25 Jun 2019 19:30:01 +0000

Facebook has announced the global roll out of its Ad Library and Ad Library API. While it wants political advertisers to sign up, it won't be proactively checking ads in many countries. Read more...

Facebook announces measures to protect the upcoming European Union elections

Paul Hill — Fri, 29 Mar 2019 07:30:01 +0000

Facebook has announced concrete steps that it is taking to do its part in the protection of the upcoming European Union elections which are scheduled to take place between 23 - 26 May. Read more...

Russians spent a whole 73p to “meddle” in Brexit vote

Paul Hill — Thu, 14 Dec 2017 05:00:01 +0000

Facebook has announced that Russia did not significantly impact the Brexit vote after it found just 73p had been spent during the campaign. The ads were seen by a somewhat paltry 200 people. Read more...