While the company has introduced several measures to improve the transparency of political ads on its platform, some groups and individuals appear to be finding ways to flout the new restrictions — and Facebook has not been able to catch them. Paul Smith, the administrator of Sierra Nevada Revolution’s Facebook page, said that despite Facebook’s efforts, he was able to place other political ads — some about Ms. Bateson and some about other issues — without labeling them. It appears that one person can go through the verification process and then give the account to someone else. Mr. Smith, for instance, said that while Facebook had authenticated him as a political advertiser, he later handed over control of Sierra Nevada Revolution’s account to others. That meant others could have used his Facebook verification to post political ads without the social network’s knowing it was not him.

Source: New York Times June 03, 2018 23:03 UTC