Facebook Tightened Its Policies on Advertising Accessories for Weapons

Starting Thursday (June 21), advertisers on Facebook can no longer promote weapon accessories and other related items to people under 18. The social network already had restrictions in place banning ads for weapon sales and modifications, such as magazines, but weapons accessories--such as products that are mounted on guns for illumination, magnifying or focus, as... Continue reading at 'AdWeek'

[ AdWeek | 2018-06-19 00:00:00 UTC ]

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Facebook moves to block offensive terms from targeted advertising campaigns

Advertisers on Facebook no longer can use offensive search terms such as “Jew hater” and “how to burn Jews” to target specific audiences, the company said Wednesday. The new policy comes a week after ProPublica published a story demonstrating how advertisers could reach thousands of Facebook... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

[ Los Angeles Times | 2017-09-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Advertisers on Facebook Can No Longer Edit News Articles’ Headlines, Descriptions

Facebook took another step toward protecting the integrity of news articles shared via links on the social network. In July, Facebook announced that non-publisher pages could no longer overwrite link metadata--such as headlines, descriptions and images--in Graph API or page composer, and it... Continue reading at AdWeek

[ AdWeek | 2017-09-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Facebook needs to be more open about its hate speech policy

On Wednesday, ProPublica published a report that outlines some pretty bizarre reasoning behind Facebook's approach to hate speech and censorship. Evidence shows that Facebook has a moderation policy that could favor "white men" over "black children,"... Continue reading at Engadget

[ Engadget | 2017-07-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Facebook Is Giving Advertisers More Control Over Where Their Ads Appear

Brands advertising on Facebook will soon have more control over where their ads appear. The social network is rolling out several tools aimed at providing more transparency before campaigns go live. The latest additions, announced today, will provide advertisers with a list of publishers up... Continue reading at AdWeek

[ AdWeek | 2017-06-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Advertisers should follow Vodafone's lead after Facebook and Google failures | Nils Pratley

Telecoms giant is right to stop relying on social media titans to stop its adverts appearing next to inappropriate contentAbout time too: a major advertiser has become so frustrated with Facebook and Google’s limp attempts to police the content they publish that it has taken matters into its own... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2017-06-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Updated BBC Privacy and Cookies Policy reveals targeted social advertising, and data sharing with TV Licensing

Just a few days ago, the BBC revealed that it was planning to introduce password checks for iPlayer users so it could ensure that a valid TV license is in place. Following on from this, the corporation has updated its Privacy and Cookies Policy. The changes mean that personal information is... Continue reading at Betanews

[ Betanews | 2017-05-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Bigger Lesson From Facebook’s New Bereavement Leave Policy

Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg’s world came to a sudden halt when her husband, Dave Goldberg, died suddenly, at age 47, during a spring 2015 trip to Mexico. In the months that followed, the self-assured author of Lean In found herself lost in grief, adrift from the life she and Goldberg had... Continue reading at Fast Company

[ Fast Company | 2017-04-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Facebook blocks fake news from its advertising network

Amid mounting pressure, Facebook Inc. said it would block websites that publish fake news from accessing its advertising services. The announcement Monday came hours after Alphabet Inc.’s Google said it would also bar fake news sites from using its advertising networks. The companies faced a... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

[ Los Angeles Times | 2016-11-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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What the Proliferation of Fake News on Google and Facebook Means for Advertisers

Just days after facing harsh criticism for allowing fake news stories to be read unchecked across the internet, Google and Facebook are now rushing to put in place policies that cut off advertising dollars for websites publishing fictional information. The move—which aims to potentially stem the... Continue reading at AdWeek

[ AdWeek | 2016-11-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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How Snapchat Plans to Compete With Facebook for Advertisers' Dollars

In an alternate universe, Snapchat would have become a part of Facebook when the social network reportedly tried to buy the mobile app for $3 billion in 2013. Instead Snapchat has set its sights on recreating Facebook's success, and its employees have been discussing with people outside the... Continue reading at Advertising Age

[ Advertising Age | 2016-01-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Why Facebook's Audience Network Looks Like a Billion-Dollar Advertising Machine

Facebook is pulling back the curtain just enough to tout how much money it's making for publishers. The Menlo Park, Calif.-based company today said its mobile-focused Facebook Audience Network (FAN) had a $1 billion annual run rate during the fourth quarter for advertising spend, with "the... Continue reading at AdWeek

[ AdWeek | 2016-01-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Facebook Bends to Publishers, Tweaks Instant Articles Advertising

Facebook is changing the advertising policies for its Instant Articles platform, after publishers said restrictions made it too hard for them to generate revenue from content they posted to the social network’s new feature. & ... Continue reading at Editor & Publisher

[ Editor & Publisher | 2015-12-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Conde Nast Drops Longstanding Policy Affecting Beauty Advertisers

A change to a policy at Conde Nast that affects major beauty advertisers is sending waves of anxiety through some of its largest magazines, including Vogue and Glamour.Referred to internally as the "beauty rotation," the policy long dictated the order in which ads from Revlon, Estee Lauder,... Continue reading at Advertising Age

[ Advertising Age | 2014-07-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Facebook's new face recognition policy astonishes German privacy regulator

A German privacy regulator is astonished that Facebook has added facial recognition to a proposed new privacy policy it published on Thursday. "It is astonishing to find the facial recognition again in the new proposed privacy policy that Facebook published yesterday. We therefore have directly... Continue reading at PC World

[ PC World | 2013-08-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Life after Facebook: How Brit + Co became profitable after seeing Facebook traffic plummet

After taking a hit with the rest of the digital media industry during the Facebook and Google advertising duopoly, founder Brit Morin is taking a more hands-on and themed approach to creating the site's content to ready the brand for a comeback. The post Life after Facebook: How Brit + Co became... Continue reading at Digiday

[ Digiday | 2020-03-09 04:00:06 UTC ]
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Facebook’s Jennifer Howard reveals best practices for engaging an audience with Facebook Watch

  Jennifer Howard, Managing Director of Entertainment, Media, and Tech at Facebook, sits down with Ad Age Associate Publisher Heidi Waldusky to discuss how Facebook Watch is changing the way its 140 million daily users consume content—and how marketers can take advantage of it. A custom... Continue reading at Advertising Age

[ Advertising Age | 2019-10-02 19:52:00 UTC ]
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Facebook Is Testing Subscriptions on Its Facebook Watch Video Destination

Facebook will begin testing subscriptions on its Facebook Watch video destination in the U.S., with initial publishing partners BritBoxTV, CollegeHumor Dropout, MotorTrend On Demand and Tastemade Plus. The social network would not provide details on payments by publishers or on subscription... Continue reading at AdWeek

[ AdWeek | 2019-08-08 18:05:58 UTC ]
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ProPublica’s Facebook-Monitoring Political Ad Tool (Which Facebook Fought) is Alive Again with a New Home at the Globe and Mail

The Globe and Mail is the new home to the Facebook Political Ad Collector, a browser extension that ProPublica built and Continue reading at Editor & Publisher

[ Editor & Publisher | 2019-06-07 18:45:03 UTC ]
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Facebook in 2015: Pivot to video! Facebook today: Local news is dead!

Facebook paints a bleak picture for the media industry, while ignoring its own role in publishing’s demise. Benevolent Doctor Facebook today gave the country a very grave diagnosis via a blog post. The company has found that–wait for it–local news is dying. In fact, Facebook says that about... Continue reading at Fast Company

[ Fast Company | 2019-03-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Publishers are wrestling with Facebook’s desire to own Facebook-funded Watch shows

Facebook wants to own more of the shows it subsidizes for Facebook Watch, but publishers are not always willing to give those rights away. The post Publishers are wrestling with Facebook’s desire to own Facebook-funded Watch shows appeared first on Digiday. Continue reading at Digiday

[ Digiday | 2018-05-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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