The Problem of Political Advertising on Social Media
By Sue Halpern October 24, 2019 At a House Financial Services Committee hearing, on Wednesday, Facebook’s C.E.O., Mark Zuckerberg, struggled to elucidate his company’s political-advertising policy.Photograph by Al Drago / Getty In the course of the 2016 Presidential election, Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton spent eighty-one million dollars on Facebook ads. With a little more than a year to go until the next election, candidates have already spent more than sixty-three millio
The New Yorker
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Facebook, TikTok, YouTube approve anti-LGBTQ+ hate ads
Human rights group Global Witness submitted 10 ads containing extreme and violent hate against the LGBTQ+ community Both YouTube and TikTok approved every ad for publication, while Facebook rejected just two. Colin Gleeson Thu Feb 23 2023 - 06:19 Advertisements submitted to Facebook, TikTok and YouTube containing extreme and violent hate against the LGBTQ+ community in Ireland were almost all approved for publication by the platforms, according to human rights group Global Wi
Irish Times
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Rising Hate in India
By Annie Gowen and Manas Sharma Oct. 31, 2018 Reports of hate-crime cases, many involving “cow vigilantes,” have spiked since Narendra Modi’s party came to power in 2014. Alimuddin Ansari, a van driver, knew the risks. Smuggling beef in India, where the slaughter of cows is illegal in some states, is dangerous work, and Ansari eventually attracted the notice of Hindu extremists in Jharkhand. One hot day in June 2017, they tracked him to a crowded market. When he arrived with
The Washington Post
Oct 16
Sri Lanka to lift social media ban: minister
March 13, 2018 Shihar Aneez, Ranga Sirilal FILE PHOTO - WhatsApp and Facebook messenger icons are seen on an iPhone in Manchester , Britain March 27, 2017. REUTERS/Phil Noble COLOMBO (Reuters) - Sri Lanka is likely to lift a ban on social media networks this week, a government minister said on Tuesday, almost a week after blocking access to prevent the spread of communal violence. At least two people were killed in clashes in early March when Sinhalese Buddhists, angered by a
AFP, AP and Reuters
Oct 9
