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Re:We posed as 100 Senators to run ads on Facebook. Facebook... by dgudkov on Tuesday October 30, 2018 @09:19PM (#18342642)
I have a better idea -- every should contain (at least in metadata) public information about the organization who bought it. For political ads, there additionally should be the price paid for the ad.
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Re:We posed as 100 Senators to run ads on Facebook. Facebook... by phd514 on Tuesday October 30, 2018 @09:42PM (#18342729)
The former of your suggestions is already required for most political advertising: https://transition.fec.gov/pages/brochures/spec_notice_broch...
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Re:We posed as 100 Senators to run ads on Facebook. Facebook... by IncRnd on Tuesday October 30, 2018 @10:26PM (#18342883)
I'm pretty sure there is an even better idea -- don't expect Facebook news and ads to be legitimate. News from a social media site is false at the worst and unreliable at the best.
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