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September 21, 2017
Facebook Hands Over Data to Congress and Promises Better Disclosure on Political Ads
“Disclosing content is not something we do lightly under any circumstances. We are deeply committed to safeguarding user content, regardless of the user’s nationality, and ads are user content. Federal law also places strict limitations on the disclosure of account information,” Facebook general counsel Colin Stretch wrote in an announcement accompanying the video.
http://nymag.com/selectall/2017/09/facebook-promises-transparency-on-political-ads.html
Less than a year ago, in the immediate aftermath of the election, Zuckerberg dismissed the idea that Facebook's fake news problem had anything to do with the results.
Today's address suggests that the billionaire founder, who built a platform that two billion people rely on for news and political interactions, is finally starting to appreciate that his creation can do as much harm as good in this world.
https://www.wired.com/story/facebook-election-ad-reform/
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg live-streamed a statement in which he said that his company was "actively working" with the U.S. government in the ongoing Russia investigations.
Zuckerberg also announced a series of rule changes on the site that he hoped would help guard against interference with elections in the future.
http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-...ongress-in-russian-election-interference-prob
A source with knowledge of the arrangement tells Mother Jones that the information to be shared will include targeting data associated with the ads
Over the past few weeks, there has been increasing pressure for Facebook to share more information with Senate investigators. Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.), the co-chair of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, previously said that Facebook’s September 6 admission about Russian-purchased ads during the election was “the tip of the iceberg,” and earlier this week called on the company to share more information about the operation. Warner also suggested that perhaps new legislation was needed to make it clear when foreign buyers are trying pay for ads on social media networks.
http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2017/09/facebook-to-share-russian-ads-with-congress/
Facebook Hands Over Data to Congress and Promises Better Disclosure on Political Ads
“Disclosing content is not something we do lightly under any circumstances. We are deeply committed to safeguarding user content, regardless of the user’s nationality, and ads are user content. Federal law also places strict limitations on the disclosure of account information,” Facebook general counsel Colin Stretch wrote in an announcement accompanying the video.
http://nymag.com/selectall/2017/09/facebook-promises-transparency-on-political-ads.html
Less than a year ago, in the immediate aftermath of the election, Zuckerberg dismissed the idea that Facebook's fake news problem had anything to do with the results.
Today's address suggests that the billionaire founder, who built a platform that two billion people rely on for news and political interactions, is finally starting to appreciate that his creation can do as much harm as good in this world.
https://www.wired.com/story/facebook-election-ad-reform/
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg live-streamed a statement in which he said that his company was "actively working" with the U.S. government in the ongoing Russia investigations.
Zuckerberg also announced a series of rule changes on the site that he hoped would help guard against interference with elections in the future.
http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-...ongress-in-russian-election-interference-prob
A source with knowledge of the arrangement tells Mother Jones that the information to be shared will include targeting data associated with the ads
Over the past few weeks, there has been increasing pressure for Facebook to share more information with Senate investigators. Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.), the co-chair of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, previously said that Facebook’s September 6 admission about Russian-purchased ads during the election was “the tip of the iceberg,” and earlier this week called on the company to share more information about the operation. Warner also suggested that perhaps new legislation was needed to make it clear when foreign buyers are trying pay for ads on social media networks.
http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2017/09/facebook-to-share-russian-ads-with-congress/