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You need to be authorised to run ads about politics, so this is simple way for them to know if it's a political ad or not. The challenge is if advertisers miss
by martin-adams 6y ago
You need to be authorised to run ads about politics, so this is simple way for them to know if it's a political ad or not. The challenge is if advertisers miss classify what the ad it about, which then is subjective to Facebook as you say.
- Raed667 6y agoWe just moved the problem one step away. If (for example) i classify my ad about climate-change as non-political. Can Facebook disagree with that?
- hutzlibu 6y agoAlmost any topic is potential political. But all facebook cares about, is not to be blamed again for fake news on their network are responsible again for a not desired outcome of the election. So this is just one step towards that image, nothing more.
- prepend 6y agoI think it’s the flavor of money from a campaign finance perspective. If I’m using campaign donations and run an ad on climate change, it’s political. If I’m Nike and run an ad for climate change, it’s non-political. Unless it runs afoul of the FEC.