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    Alex Howard‏Verified account @digiphile 1 Nov 2018

    SHADY: @Facebook doesn’t check whether the advertiser identified in a “paid for by” disclosure has a legal status, which enables businesses to promote political agendas in the dark. As @jeremybmerrill reports, that enabled oil companies to astroturf there: https://www.propublica.org/article/how-big-oil-dodges-facebooks-new-ad-transparency-rules …pic.twitter.com/K8h1EFmw5s

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      2. Alex Howard‏Verified account @digiphile 1 Nov 2018

        As @jeremybmerrill notes, @SenCortezMasto's highlighted the loophole in @facebook's new transparency initiatives back in June 2018: https://www.commerce.senate.gov/public/_cache/files/9d8e069d-2670-4530-bcdc-d3a63a8831c4/7C8DE61421D13E86FC6855CC2EA7AEA7.senate-commerce-committee-combined-qfrs-06.11.2018.pdf … The oil industry exploited it. "Self-regulation" enabled Facebook to set up a shoddy system, & say "XYZ company" complied.pic.twitter.com/BB7XGnK9JU

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      3. Alex Howard‏Verified account @digiphile 1 Nov 2018

        Today, @Facebook is under global scrutiny because of how much it knows about its users & applies or shares that data. It makes billions selling ads based on its platform. But building a trustworthy system to reliably verify & disclose who buys political ads is a "herculean task."pic.twitter.com/KgJb7s9pts

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      4. Alex Howard‏Verified account @digiphile 1 Nov 2018

        While @Twitter's transparency for political ads has room for improvement (only 7 days of ads are publicly available) the company has begun verifying advertisers using Employer Identification Numbers, making it harder to hide &, as Merill pointed out, leading to added disclaimerspic.twitter.com/wmzTYYVJib

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      5. Alex Howard‏Verified account @digiphile 1 Nov 2018

        Reports by @ViceNews @BusinessInsider & now @ProPublica all show @Facebook’s bolted on political ad transparency measures are woefully insufficient for the information needs of an informed electorate. Congress should bring the Honest Ads Act up for a vote. https://www.theverge.com/2018/10/31/18048236/facebook-mark-warner-fec-congress-honest-ads-act …pic.twitter.com/jymkXz5Eyl

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      6. Alex Howard‏Verified account @digiphile 1 Nov 2018

        "…if anyone or any system at [@Facebook] is supposed to be ensuring that the information these ad-buyers submit is the truth, they appear to be asleep at the wheel."https://www.cnn.com/2018/11/01/tech/facebook-election-ad-problems/index.html …

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      7. Alex Howard‏Verified account @digiphile 2 Nov 2018

        “The tug-of-war between transparency and obscurity is turning out to be one of the defining stories of this election.”-@CaseyNewton, who suggests @Facebook adopt EINs for advertisers verification, like @Twitter:https://www.getrevue.co/profile/caseynewton/issues/one-way-twitter-s-political-ads-improve-on-facebook-s-143017 …

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      8. Alex Howard‏Verified account @digiphile 2 Nov 2018

        Mark Zuckberg told Congress that he supports the Honest Ads Act & would implement its requirements. But, to date, @Facebook has failed to carry out the basic disclosure & disclaimer provisions of the legislation, write @MarkWarner & @amyklobucharhttps://www.cnet.com/news/senators-demand-zuckerberg-fix-facebooks-ad-transparency-tool/ …

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      9. Alex Howard‏Verified account @digiphile 3 Nov 2018

        Following up, @robleathern, Where is that promised public API? https://e-pluribusunum.org/2018/05/26/facebooks-new-opaque-political-ads-transparency-site-shows-self-regulation-isnt-enough/ … Will @facebook use an EIN to confirm entities that buy political ads exist? When & how will Facebook support enactment of the Honest Ads Act?

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      10. Alex Howard‏Verified account @digiphile 5 Nov 2018

        What political ad transparency from @Facebook @Twitter @Google @Amazon @Microsoft & @Oath @Snap et al should be: 1) A public online archive of all candidate & issue ads 2) Open by default: data, API, no login 3) Support for the Honest Ads Acthttps://www.technologyreview.com/s/611823/us-election-campaign-technology-from-2008-to-2018-and-beyond/ …

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      11. Alex Howard‏Verified account @digiphile 7 Jan 2019

        “Dark social” media - when misinformation without attribution flows onto @Facebook & into public discourse because the company didn’t require Page owners to disclose who they are. https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2019/01/07/facebook-is-investigating-political-pages-ads-another-group-backed-by-reid-hoffman/ …pic.twitter.com/97BAeUX5MR

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      12. Alex Howard‏Verified account @digiphile 7 Jan 2019

        “With a little gumption and some savvy, News for Democracy and MotiveAI easily evaded @Facebook’s system for making political ads more transparent.”-@alexismadrigal https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2018/10/the-secretive-organization-quietly-buying-millions-in-facebook-political-ads/573289/ …pic.twitter.com/PNNIv6xY0w

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