Facebook Considers Banning Political Ads Until 2020 Presidential Election Facebook is considering banning all political ads on its platform months before the highly-anticipated 2020 presidential election. This is in direct response to the ad revenue lost when 300+...
Could Ad Boycott Shake Some Sense into Facebook? A number of civil rights organizations have called on brands to join in on a one-month ad pause in July. Growing concerns regarding Facebook’s ad policies have led to the next big social movement. A deafening silence is...
Television has been toppled. Since the days of Mad Men, television advertising had grown into a behemoth. If you wanted to get a brand in front of the American people, you wrote a catchy jingle, shot a great commercial and put it on TV. If you wanted to be a superstar...
Last week, Facebook sent a notice to users directly impacted by the Cambridge Analytica data scandal. “We understand the importance of keeping your data safe”, it began. The notice explained that Facebook has banned the app “This Is Your Digital Life”, the third party...
So far, this blog series has discussed this issues surrounding Facebook, the platform’s reaction to these issues, and the changes being implemented as a result. This part of the series is taking a different approach. I want to talk about why Facebook is still an...
