Facebook’s third quarter results topped expectations on the heels of advertising growth, adding tens of millions of new users in the period across all regions. The firm pointed to a deceleration in the current quarter amid what it said would be ad targeting headwinds and...
There are only hours to go before the U.S. midterm elections. Much is at stake, but beyond who controls the House and Senate, social media and political ads are still being trolled, despite the efforts of Facebook. Jumio’s Chief Product Officer Philipp Pointner tells Karen...
U.S. senators grilled Facebook’s chief lawyer this week on why the company did not catch 2016 election ads bought using Russian money, and why its investigation took so long. According to a Reuters news report, Democrats and Republicans at the Senate crime subcommittee hearing questioned...
And just like that, there will be no new ownership structure for Facebook. Several financial news outlets, including CNBC, released news that a new class of stock will not be issued that would have let CEO Mark Zuckerberg maintain voting control of the company. That...
November 05, 2018
There are only hours to go before the U.S. midterm elections. Much is at stake, but beyond who controls the House and Senate, social media and political ads are still being trolled, despite the efforts of Facebook. Jumio’s Chief Product Officer Philipp Pointner tells Karen Webster that social media firms should treat creating an ad the same way banks treat new account creations — trusting, but verifying, who’s making the buy.
May 22, 2024
The U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is proposing new rules for political ads aired on TV and over the radio. FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel on Wednesday (May 22) issued a proposal that would require the disclosure of content generated by artificial intelligence (AI) in political ads, according to a Wednesday Reuters report. The proposal would cover ads […]
October 31, 2019
Facebook’s third quarter results topped expectations on the heels of advertising growth, adding tens of millions of new users in the period across all regions. The firm pointed to a...
November 01, 2017
U.S. senators grilled Facebook’s chief lawyer this week on why the company did not catch 2016 election ads bought using Russian money, and why its investigation took so long. According...
September 25, 2017
And just like that, there will be no new ownership structure for Facebook. Several financial news outlets, including CNBC, released news that a new class of stock will not be...
