Facebook, Google bound to change handling of politics ads marketing executives


  • TECH
  • Tuesday, 26 Sep 2017

Zuckerberg has also unveiled sweeping changes to how his company handles political ads.

NEW YORK: Facebook Inc and Alphabet Inc's Google have little choice but to rein in Internet political ads in the face of growing US government pressure, a panel of advertising consultants and executives said on Monday. 

Speaking at a trade conference, the marketers seized on allegations that Russian operatives bought US political ads on Facebook as evidence that the sector cannot go on being unregulated.

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