Facebook starts verification for UK political ads

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Must now confirm identity, location and reveal who paid for the ad.

Facebook starts verification for UK political ads
UK advertisers seeking to run political ads on Facebook Inc must now confirm their identity, location and reveal who paid for the ad, the social network said on Thursday as it faces increasing scrutiny following the Cambridge Analytica scandal. Starting Thursday, ads related to politics will be ...

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