Facebook Curbs Incentives to Sell Political Ads Ahead of 2020 Election [www.wsj.com]
Facebook backs away from the hard sell on political ads [www.foxnews.com]
Facebook Employees Are No Longer Receiving Commissions on Sales of Political and Issue Ads [www.adweek.com]
Facebook considered backing out of political ad sales [www.cnbc.com]
1) Banning altogether isn’t unheard of. DC metro has banned cause & appeal ads for a while
— Sara Fischer (@sarafischer) May 23, 2019
2) But no commission doesn’t solve problem, a lot of the problematic buys are self-serve anyway-that’s why they werent caught
3) This is just PR https://t.co/NSr51szdO3
Political ads, once seen as a growth area for Facebook, are now more of a headache for the company. Senior leaders debated whether to stop running them entirely in the wake of Russia’s efforts to influence the 2016 election, per @EmilyGlazer@JeffHorwitz.https://t.co/Pli2T2tXiQ
— Rebecca Ballhaus (@rebeccaballhaus) May 23, 2019
The WSJ reports that Facebook employees wrote Trump campaign ads in 2016 https://t.co/UymZnRB1YV
— Judd Legum (@JuddLegum) May 23, 2019
2016: Trump campaign official dubs FB employee its MVP.
— Brad Reagan (@ReaganBrad) May 23, 2019
FB today: yeah, we're not doing that again.
Good one from @EmilyGlazer and @JeffHorwitz https://t.co/o2IHujGZQ9
2016: Trump campaign official dubs FB employee its MVP.
— Brad Reagan (@ReaganBrad) May 23, 2019
FB today: yeah, we're not doing that again.
Good one from @EmilyGlazer and @JeffHorwitz https://t.co/o2IHujGZQ9