Facebook should go further and stop taking negative political ads at allhttps://t.co/2e24zrbDNc https://t.co/FZfRODylPU

— ??‍?☕️ (@hunterwalk) August 28, 2019

This is potentially fantastic news for political transparency heading into an election year https://t.co/f2UbJR2wdb

— Lachlan Markay (@lachlan) August 28, 2019

Fifteen months ago, Facebook began requiring political ads to say who paid for them.

*Now* it's going to start trying to make sure that the organization that paid for the ad actually exists by checking FEC IDs and EINs.

Why'd it take so long? ?https://t.co/M5N8S7skQO

— Jeremy B. Merrill (@jeremybmerrill) August 28, 2019

Facebook to require government ID numbers for political advertising to improve disclosure and transparency. IRS or FEC ID numbers should help keep “sketchy (to say the least)” operations at bay. But the dreaded secret Delaware LLC takes an act of Congress. https://t.co/pMKdGHZuoe

— David Carroll ? (@profcarroll) August 28, 2019

Happy to share: we are continuing to strengthen the ad authorization process in advance of the US 2020 elections by adding new requirements for advertisers, including links to their federal registration. https://t.co/Mf21ff8MWL

— Rob Leathern ☀️????? (@robleathern) August 28, 2019

11 months after @vicenews showed that Facebook's "verification process" for its Paid For By disclosures on political ads let us pose as all 100 U.S. senators, Facebook is now requiring much more verification information: https://t.co/Hza1j1qmpy

— William Turton (@WilliamTurton) August 28, 2019

Some morning news: Facebook is adding another layer of verification for political advertisers ahead of 2020. But disinformation experts are skeptical of the effort https://t.co/ahnyEkTFLM

— Davey Alba (@daveyalba) August 28, 2019

11 months after @vicenews showed that Facebook's "verification process" for its Paid For By disclosures on political ads let us pose as all 100 U.S. senators, Facebook is now requiring much more verification information: https://t.co/Hza1j1qmpy

— William Turton (@WilliamTurton) August 28, 2019

New FB political ad rules: “starting mid-September, advertisers will need to provide more information about their organization before we review and approve their disclaimer. If they do not provide this information by mid-October, we will pause their ads.” https://t.co/ZNLDY2H32A

— Josh Sternberg (@joshsternberg) August 28, 2019

Of note:

The $640MM @DeutscheBank loan made in 05 is the one #JustinKennedy , son of Anthony the just-retired Supreme, underwrote??https://t.co/PuPxuXH0OD pic.twitter.com/ZHfv6dmdOv

— Themistocles Wall (@themistocles_w) October 8, 2018

More good news!
Today, I will announce 14 new innovative #WGDP activities that will advance women’s economic empowerment to 100,000+ women in 22 countries! #WGDP⬇️https://t.co/D69jFNgTcv

— Ivanka Trump (@IvankaTrump) July 10, 2019

My Op-Ed on Andrew Luck is in today's Washington Post and online at https://t.co/kXvvRD7t53. Dan--have you got this one?

— John Feinstein (@JFeinsteinBooks) August 28, 2019

ワシントンポストのトップページ、上の見出しに"Trump on bedbugs"ってあって、これなんだろうと開いて読んでみたら、めっちゃ笑った。https://t.co/QhJt8RGyJ6

— Tadashi Nagasawa (@Sonopapa) August 28, 2019

“#DeutscheBanks tells courts it has tax records sought by Congress but doesn't publicly name President Trump” https://t.co/dkKrQIElMC

— Lovetogive2 (@lovetogive2) August 27, 2019

I'm dismayed to hear FB is still "learning" from real-world elections. Candidates are not guinea pigs, and our democracy is not a corporate research lab. But when it comes to political advertising, FB's motto still appears to be "move fast & break things." https://t.co/S5e0njgut0

— Regina Bateson (@regina_bateson) August 28, 2019

“Facebook Tightens Rules on Verifying Political Advertisers” https://t.co/26N33LrxpL, @nytimes

— Arturo Sarukhan (@Arturo_Sarukhan) August 28, 2019

As my display name suggests, I have zero sympathy for Facebook and wish it death. But honestly, what could the company conceivably do to address this problem? Besides, of course, committing ritual suicide (which I encourage)? https://t.co/MQxu0cC0bA

— the facebook hater (@onekade) August 28, 2019

Facebook will require political advertisers provide further credentials, or have their ads paused: https://t.co/0kYxongWCm

— Sarah Perez (@sarahintampa) August 28, 2019

Notable: @facebook is (finally) instituting more authentication for entities purchasing political ads: https://t.co/YwTc0jyOde But it’s still not publishing its ad archive as open data (machine-readable, no log-in) as the Honest Ads Act would require (& New York law does, today) pic.twitter.com/EWWQmGCwAZ

— Alex Howard (@digiphile) August 28, 2019

Facebook's announcement doesn't acknowledge these very real problems. It just says "there are a number of cases where advertisers have ATTEMPTED to put misleading “Paid for by” disclaimers on their ads" (emph. mine) https://t.co/M5N8S7skQO pic.twitter.com/YN9xC6ZekL

— Jeremy B. Merrill (@jeremybmerrill) August 28, 2019

"Facebook Tightens Rules on Verifying Political Advertisers" by DAVEY ALBA via NYT https://t.co/XMobxNYLUu pic.twitter.com/ZNF9ZeFsRJ

— MAGNIFYK (@magnifyk) August 28, 2019

Glad this is happening, but it’s long overdue. Would also like to see it extended to other countries, and more transparency / verification around admins of large groups and pages. https://t.co/jV9ronKuFc

— Nina Jankowicz (@wiczipedia) August 29, 2019

THREAD: Transparency and accountability around elections is never complete. This is a good step from @facebook, based on lessons learned from previous elections, but it can't be the last step.

For context, check out @daveyalba's latest. #DigitalSherlockshttps://t.co/e33MR1cnun

— Graham Brookie (@GrahamBrookie) August 29, 2019