FILE PHOTO: The Facebook application is seen on a phone screen August 3, 2017. REUTERS/Thomas White/File Photo
Facebook Inc says it supports policy measures that promote transparency in online campaign advertising, according to a comment filed with the Federal Election Commission.
The company fought for years for blanket exemptions from the FEC from the political advertising disclosure rule – a move that has come under fire since it was revealed that Russia bought ads on the social network’s platform in an attempt to sway the 2016 US presidential election.
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