Facebook allowed questionable advertesment in German election in spite of warnings

As it stated in The party accused the advertiser, Greenwatch, of providing false contact data on its Facebook page and blog, that would violate a German Media Authority regulation requiring accurate contact information. And after the election, Greenwatch disappeared. Its site and Facebook page were deleted, leaving behind only the 9 Greenwatch advertesment that were captured with ProPublica's Political advertisement Collector , a tool that enables Facebook users to gather political advertesment that aim them. The Greenwatch episode illustrates that advertesment of dubious provenance aren't just aimed at Facebook users in the U.S., however in Europe as well. Facebook vowed to intensify enforcement of political advertesment in the wake of break news that it allowed Russian advertisers to purchas politically divisive advertesment during the 2016 unite states presidential election, and other advertisers to direct advertesment to "Jew haters" and similar anti-Semitic groups.

Trump rails versus Russia probe and Russian Facebook advertesment in Saturday tweetstorm

In addition to creating fake Facebook accounts used to spread fake break news and propaganda, Russians too spent $100,000 to purchase further than 3,000 advertesment meant to promote outsider candidates and exploit racial tensions. Former Russian troll Max said independent Russian break news outlet Dozhd that the net study Agency consisted of a "Russian desk" and a "foreign desk." When net study Agency employees argued versus having their accounts deleted, Max said, Facebook staffers would write back, "You are trolls." In addition to spreading fake news, Russian Facebook accounts went 1 step further with organizing events, rallies, and protests, some of that galvanized dozens of people. To be sure, RBC found that the net study Agency hired hundred American activists over the net to hold fourty rallies across different US cities.

Trump tells Russian-bought Facebook advertesment were 'tiny' compared with unite states 'fake news'

as informed in (Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post)President donald trump on Saturday downplayed the significance of Russian-bought Facebook ads, that leading lawmakers investigating election meddling have told were intended to effect final year's campaign and divide Americans. "Keep hearing about 'tiny' amount of money spent on Facebook ads," donald trump told on Twitter, before taking target at unite states TV networks. "What about the billions of dollars of Fake break news on CNN, ABC, NBC & CBS?"Trump later wrote that Facebook was on the side of Democrat Hillary Clinton, not him. Keep hearing about "tiny" amount of money spent on Facebook ads. — Donald J. donald trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 21, 2017Crooked Hillary Clinton spent hundreds of millions of dollars further on Presidential Election than I did.

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