Meta’s Move Away From Political Content Makes Sense
Social Media Today
MARCH 24, 2024
Meta’s making political content opt-in, and there’s good reason for the shift.
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Meta’s Decision to Move Away from Political Content Does Make Sense
Social Media Today
MARCH 24, 2024
Meta’s making political content opt-in, and there’s good reason for the shift.
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Meta’s Looking to Reduce the Reach of Political Content - But What Does That Actually Mean?
Social Media Today
FEBRUARY 15, 2024
While reducing political posts could help to reduce angst, what qualifies as 'political' is difficult to define.
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Facebook Ads Restriction Period for Politics and Social Issues in the US
Jon Loomer
OCTOBER 9, 2022
As you likely know, there are special rules that Facebook advertisers must follow to run ads related to politics and social issues. Because of the likely increased volume of ad submissions as well as added scrutiny that political and social issues ads will require, you should expect approval time to take longer. Get Going Now.
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Threads Plans to Deprioritize Political Discussion Through New Recommendations Approach
Social Media Today
FEBRUARY 9, 2024
Meta's looking to make it harder to find political discussion on both Thread and Instagram.
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Threads Plans to Deprioritize Political Discussion Through New Recommendations Approach
Social Media Today
FEBRUARY 9, 2024
Meta's looking to make it harder to find political discussion on both Threads and Instagram.
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Social Media Misinformation Set To Be Major Risk in 2024 Political Campaigns
Social Media Today
FEBRUARY 14, 2024
There are various risk vectors in the social media landscape as we head towards a turbulent political period.
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Meta’s Looking To Reduce the Reach of Political Content - But What Does That Actually Mean?
Social Media Today
FEBRUARY 15, 2024
While limiting political posts could help to reduce angst, what qualifies as political is difficult to define.
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Social Media Misinformation Looks Set to Be a Major Risk in Upcoming Political Campaign
Social Media Today
FEBRUARY 14, 2024
There are various risk vectors in the social media landscape, as we head towards a turbulent political period.
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Reddit Updates Political Ad Policy. Launches Transparency Subreddit Listing Political Advertisers
Social Media Today
APRIL 14, 2020
Reddit is moving to clarify its political advertising policies ahead of the 2020 US Presidential election.
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Top Five: Social Networks Take Action on Politics
Sherrilynne Starkie
MAY 30, 2018
Top Five: Social Networks Take Action on Politics. This week's top five social media must-know news features Facebook & Twitter's new rules for political content, Google's action on scammers, new features from Snapchat & LinkedIn. Facebook enforces new rules for political & issues ads. Listly by Sherrilynne Starkie.
Google Lifts Political Ad Ban Following Pause After Capitol Siege
Social Media Today
FEBRUARY 22, 2021
Google will allow political ad campaigns on its platforms once again, following a pause in the wake of last month's Capitol siege.
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Political Audiences - Environmental Concerns, Affinities and Realities
Audiense
MARCH 3, 2021
In this article I’ll be using a number of different data sources to take a look at how two key groups on the geopolitical spectrum, the left and right leaning voters and followers of political parties in the UK and USA, and their response to environmental issues.
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Facebook's Civil Rights Audit Raises Significant Concerns with the Platform's Political Policy Approach
Social Media Today
JULY 8, 2020
An audit of Facebook's approach to civil rights has raised serious concerns with the platform's policies, in particular, it's decision not to fact-check political ads or take action on comments from political leaders.
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Facebook Launches Voting Information Center, and New Option to Opt-Out of Political Ads
Social Media Today
JUNE 16, 2020
Facebook is rolling out a new Voting Information Center to promote political participation, while users will also have the option to switch off political ads.
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X Banned in Pakistan Amid Ongoing Political Unrest
Social Media Today
APRIL 17, 2024
Pakistani officials have not yet clarified the full details of the ban.
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Social Media Today
NOVEMBER 15, 2019
Twitter has released the details of its revised political ad policy, which aims to ban political ads entirely, but allow certain issues-based ads within specific parameters.
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Politics and Personal Branding: Preserve Your Brand and Relationships in a Political Minefield
Pam Moore
SEPTEMBER 26, 2020
SocialZoomFactor · Personal Branding and Politics – Building Your Brand in a Political Minefield. To speak or not speak about your political views via Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, Instagram or even Tik Tok… that is the question many business leaders and marketers are asking themselves today. Likely never.
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We don’t discuss politics on Facebook, right?
Sherrilynne Starkie
MARCH 12, 2012
They say you should never discuss politics or religion, right? Postings on social networking sites reveal surprises for many users when it comes to the political views of their friends. Nearly 40% of users discovered through postings by friends that their political beliefs were different than they thought.
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Facebook's Looking to Reduce Political Content – What Will That Mean for Facebook Marketing?
Social Media Today
FEBRUARY 16, 2021
Facebook recently announced that it's launching a new test that will de-emphasize political content. What will that mean for marketers?
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Facebook Adds New Listing of Political Branded Content to Highlight Paid Memes
Social Media Today
FEBRUARY 28, 2020
After implementing new rules around the use of memes by political candidates, Facebook has now added a new listing of branded political content to improve transparency.
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New Report Finds that Facebook and TikTok are Approving Ads Containing Political Misinformation
Social Media Today
OCTOBER 21, 2022
An experiment has found that ads containing political misinformation are still making it through the approval process.
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Facebook Will Lift its Temporary Ban on Political Ads Later This Week
Social Media Today
MARCH 3, 2021
With the 2020 US Presidential Election behind us, Facebook will now allow political ads on its platform once again.
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TikTok Implements New Rules to Further Restrict Political Ads and Donations
Social Media Today
SEPTEMBER 22, 2022
TikTok's moving to further limit political parties in their use of the platform.
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X Banned in Pakistan Amid Ongoing Political Unrest
Social Media Today
APRIL 17, 2024
Pakistani officials have not yet clarified the full details of the ban.
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How Political Ads May Impact Paid Social Campaigns
Ignite Social Media
APRIL 23, 2020
The presidential election in November will impact traditional and digital media buying even if you’re not running political ads this year. million, nearly triple the last presidential election , political ads may impact paid campaigns on social (source: eMarketer, January 2020). digital political ad spending, with an estimated $550.0
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Facebook Detects Three New Russian-Based Networks Attempting to Interfere with Foreign Politics
Social Media Today
SEPTEMBER 24, 2020
Facebook has detailed three new, Russian-based networks that have been attempting to use Facebook to interfere in foreign political debates.
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LinkedIn Tests New Option to Switch Off Political Posts in Your Feed
Social Media Today
FEBRUARY 10, 2022
The option could be a testing ground for other social apps to help reduce political division in feeds.
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Social Media Would Be Better If It Wasn't So Political
Forbes Social Media
MARCH 17, 2023
Twitter and Facebook have become echo chambers for espousing political views – and where there is all too often an absence of civility for those with differing opinions
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Musk Indicates that Twitter Will look to Show Users a Broader Spectrum of Political Content in Feeds
Social Media Today
JANUARY 16, 2023
The idea is that by exposing users to a broader range of political opinions, that will facilitate more discussion and debate.
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Facebook Launches New Research Project to Assess the Impact of Social Media Engagement on Political Behaviors
Social Media Today
AUGUST 31, 2020
Facebook has announced a new research project that will examine the impact of Facebook and Instagram on key political attitudes and behaviors during the US 2020 election.
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Facebook's Stance on Political Ads Once Again Highlights a Common Flaw in its Policy Approach
Social Media Today
MAY 30, 2020
Facebook's decision not to fact-check or censor content from political leaders makes some sense, but it also underlines a common flaw in Facebook's policy approach.
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Pinterest Outlines Latest Efforts to Combat Political Misinformation Ahead of the US Midterms
Social Media Today
SEPTEMBER 9, 2022
Pinterest has outlined how it’s ramping up its efforts to combat political misinformation.
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Snapchat Launches New Program to Help Young People Become Political Candidates
Social Media Today
OCTOBER 5, 2021
Snapchat's looking to help young people take the next step in political engagement.
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Will Facebook's Coming 'Oversight Board' See it Change its Approach on Political Content?
Social Media Today
JUNE 3, 2020
Facebook's Oversight Board is still in development, but it's watching on as the company grapples with how to handle comments from political leaders.
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Facebook Removes Cluster of China-Based Accounts Seeking to Interfere in Foreign Politics
Social Media Today
SEPTEMBER 23, 2020
Facebook has announced the removal of a 155 China-based Facebook account which had sought to interfere in various foreign political debates.
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Twitter Will Allow Political Ads Once Again, While Also Relaxing its Rules Around Cause-Based Promotions
Social Media Today
JANUARY 4, 2023
Twitter famously banned political advertising back in 2019.
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New Report Shows that Meta Sought to Cull Political Content from Facebook - and Users Didn’t Like it
Social Media Today
JANUARY 5, 2023
Meta sought to reduce political fighting in the app, but users liked it less.
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Facebook Considers Changes to its Political Ads Policy
Social Media Today
NOVEMBER 21, 2019
Amid ongoing backlash over its decision not to subject political ads to fact-checks, Facebook is reportedly considering other options to curb potential misuse.
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