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Meta's ban on political ads will mean less transparency and more slop for users
Ireland's presidential election could get a lot more interesting than expected, if Meta goes ahead with removing transparency and filtration tools, says Facebook’s first Political Ads representative in Europe
Social media giant Meta promises to ban political advertising on its platforms from October due to a new European Union regulation. The ban should come into effect before the end of our local elections. Political parties see a threat to democracy in the loss of an advertising opportunity, but still continue their election campaigns as planned.
Meta and Google no longer want to place political ads in their offers from October onwards. The reason is a new EU regulation that criticizes even NGOs.
Digest: Meta Suspends Political Ads in EU; UK Advertising Up 8% in Q1
In today’s Digest, we discuss Meta’s suspension of political ads in the EU and UK advertising rising 8% in the first quarter. We also cover strategic acquisitions in media with Netflix bundling with MBC, and Skydance sealing its deal with [...] The post Digest: Meta Suspends Political Ads in EU; UK Advertising Up 8% in Q1 appeared first on ExchangeWire.com.
Berlin, 29 July 2025. On the planned stop of political advertising on the platforms of the Meta Group, the digital political spokesman of the AfD Group in the German Bundestag, Ruben Rupp, explains: "The EU Commission is making it more difficult what it allegedly wants to protect: political communication also on social media. It underestimates the mature user who wants to form his own opinion. Starting from October this year, the Meta Group does…
Since the beginning of October, Meta will disable political, electoral and social announcements on all of its platforms in the European Union (EU), in compliance with the rules on Transparency and Directed to Political Advertising (TTPA) that, in Mark Zuckerberg’s opinion, “introduces important operational challenges and legal uncertainties.” Meta: restrictions lead to a cessation of service Meta said it was a difficult decision, due to what she…
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