With just over two weeks to go until the 25 May vote on liberalising Ireland’s strict abortion laws, Facebook announced it would restrict advertising to organisations and people based in the Republic. “Our view ads feature – which enables Irish Facebook users to see all of the ads any advertiser is running on Facebook in Ireland at the same time – has been fast tracked and is operational today,” the company said. Ireland sets May date for historic abortion referendum Read moreFacebook said other features promised last month have also been fast-tracked in order to launch them in the run-up to the vote. As for who is paying for those ads, said Sheridan, “the only people who know that for certain are Facebook themselves”. “Yet we have even less information on these advertisements than we do on Facebook ads.”

Source: The Guardian May 08, 2018 15:04 UTC