Photo: Getty ImagesFacebook is making it compulsory for politicians and parties to sign up to a transparency tool if they want to advertise on the social media site in the lead up to the general election. From next month, anyone wanting to run ads referencing politicians, social issues, the election or political parties would need to confirm their identity and publicly disclose who was responsible for the ad, Facebook said. Facebook said it would remove ads that could influence the election or referenda that were not in line with its policy. All advertisements would be stored in a library for seven years so people could see how much it cost and who interacted with it, the social media giant said. Labour, the Greens and ACT have already signed up for the transparency tool.

Source: Otago Daily Times June 16, 2020 01:41 UTC