News / UK and world by Press Association October 16, 2018, 12:03 am FacebookTwitterLinkedInWhatsAppEmail Sign up to our Daily newsletter Facebook is introducing tools it says will increase transparency around political advertising on the platform in the UK. The social media network announced a new authorisation scheme to approve organisations before they can run political adverts on the site. It is also extending its Ad Library to include the UK, which will show all adverts currently being run by a page or organisation on Facebook and Instagram, as well as adverts from up to seven years ago. The company said the new tools were part of a commitment it made during appearances before the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) earlier this year to offer more transparency around political advertising. It comes after the platform was scrutinised for its policies towards advertising as questions had been raised over the use of online ads, particularly … [Read more...] about Facebook launches tools to improve political ad transparency in UK
Facebook To Ban Voter Misinformation In Upcoming U.S. Elections
POLITICS 10/15/2018 04:51 pm ET Facebook has previously shied away from banning false and misleading posts in part because of the expense. Joseph Menn MENLO PARK, Calif. (Reuters) - Facebook Inc (FB.O) will ban false information about voting requirements and fake reports of violence or long lines at polling stations in the run-up to and during next month’s U.S. midterm elections, company executives told Reuters, the latest effort to reduce voter manipulation on its service. The world’s largest online social network, with 1.5 billion daily users, has stopped short of banning all false or misleading posts, something that Facebook has shied away from as it would likely increase its expenses and leave it open to charges of censorship. The latest move addresses a sensitive area for the company, which has come under fire for its lax approach to fake news reports and disinformation campaigns, which many believe affected the outcome of the 2016 presidential election, … [Read more...] about Facebook To Ban Voter Misinformation In Upcoming U.S. Elections
Exclusive: Facebook to ban misinformation on voting in upcoming…
MENLO PARK, Calif. (Reuters) - Facebook Inc (FB.O) will ban false information about voting requirements and fake reports of violence or long lines at polling stations in the run-up to and during next month’s U.S. midterm elections, company executives told Reuters, the latest effort to reduce voter manipulation on its service. A woman looks at the Facebook logo on an iPad in this photo illustration taken June 3, 2018. REUTERS/Regis Duvignau/Illustration The world’s largest online social network, with 1.5 billion daily users, has stopped short of banning all false or misleading posts, something that Facebook has shied away from as it would likely increase its expenses and leave it open to charges of censorship. The latest move addresses a sensitive area for the company, which has come under fire for its lax approach to fake news reports and disinformation campaigns, which many believe affected the outcome of the 2016 presidential election, won by Donald Trump. … [Read more...] about Exclusive: Facebook to ban misinformation on voting in upcoming…
Facebook Data Breach: How To See If Your Account Was Hacked
Oct 15, 3:27 PM EDT Newsletter Signup BusinessTechnologyWorldNationalMedia & CultureOpinionSportsLuxury Technology By Alex Perry 10/15/18 AT 2:46 PM At the end of September, Facebook (FB) announced that potentially as many as 50 million users of the social network could have had their data accessed by hackers. The social media company offered an update on the situation on Friday, claiming that far fewer people actually had their data compromised.Instead of 50 million, Facebook lowered the count to around 30 million. Since that is still a significant number of people who may have had personal information stolen, Facebook created a way for individual users to find out if their data was stolen.Was my Facebook data stolen?Facebook can definitively tell users if they were or were not affected by the data breach, but users need to seek that information out for themselves. The process is simple enough: Log into Facebook and then go to the site’s security page for the data … [Read more...] about Facebook Data Breach: How To See If Your Account Was Hacked
Minnesota GOP Senate contender compared Michelle Obama to a ‘chimp’ on Facebook
Republican Karin Housley, a state senator running to represent Minnesota in the U.S. Senate, compared then-first lady Michelle Obama to a “chimp” in 2009.In an April 2009 Facebook post, Housley criticized the first lady’s posture when she met Queen Elizabeth II.“Michelle is soooo far from cool. Don’t we expect our First Ladies to at least stand up straight? (And my dear sister, know the proper etiquette and DO NOT TOUCH THE QUEEN!),” Housley wrote on her Facebook wall.In the comment thread on her post, Housley said the chimpanzee in the 1951 film “Bedtime for Bonzo,” starring then-actor Ronald Reagan, likely had better posture than Mrs. Obama.“I do miss Nancy Reagan. Ronald even more. Speaking of Bedtime for Bonzo, I think even that chimp stood up straighter than Michelle,” Housley wrote. “Uh-oh, someone is going to make a comment.” Comparing African-Americans to apes, even obliquely, as Housley did, has been … [Read more...] about Minnesota GOP Senate contender compared Michelle Obama to a ‘chimp’ on Facebook