In an editorial in the new issue of Hot Press magazine, editor Niall Stokes has called on Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg to provide reassurances that the campaigning in the upcoming abortion referendum will not be affected by misleading advertising. “As you know, Mark, it should be easy to ensure that deceitful under-the-radar advertising is prevented,” Stokes writes. “In fact you could unilaterally refuse to allow any advertising whatsoever about the abortion referendum. Hot Press Editor Niall Stokes gives the background to the @CamAnalytica scandal – and writes an open letter to Mark Zuckerberg asking what @facebook intends to do about advertising and micro-targeting in the upcoming referendum in Ireland.https://t.co/13pkvaIyIJ — Hot Press (@hotpress) March 29, 2018A copy of Hot Press containing the article will be delivered to Facebook’s European HQ in Dublin this afternoon. You can read the full editorial challenge to Mark Zuckerberg here: http://www.hotpress.com/Facebook/politics/themessage/Facebook-and-the-Repeal-Referendum-An-Open-Letter-to-Mark-Zuckerberg/21862621.html- Digital Desk

Source: Irish Examiner March 29, 2018 12:33 UTC