Facebook to change rules for election related ads, pages

     Written by : SMTV24x7 | Sat, Apr 07, 2018, 10:20 AM

Facebook to change rules for election related ads, pages

San Francisco, April 7: In order to prevent election interference on its platform, Facebook has introduced new changes to increase transparency and accountability for electoral ads and Pages.

To get authorised by Facebook, advertisers will now need to confirm their identity and location.

"Advertisers will be prohibited from running political ads -- electoral or issue-based -- until they are authorised," Rob Goldman, Vice President, Ads at Facebook, said in a blog post late Friday.

Last year, the social media platform announced that only authorised advertisers will be able to run electoral ads on Facebook or Instagram.

"In addition, these ads will be clearly labeled in the top left corner as aPolitical Ad'. Next to it, we will show 'paid for by' information," added Alex Himel, Vice President, Local and Pages.