FACEBOOK TO OVERHAUL ADS

SAN FRANCISCO: Facebook Inc is overhauling how it handles paid political advertisements, in response to criticism it has not done enough to prevent the manipulation of elections.

Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg said the company would start by sharing with US congressional investigators 3 000 political ads it says Russia-based operatives ran on Facebook in the months before and after last year’s US presidential election.

Earlier this month, Facebook said an operation probably based in Russia spent $100 000 (about R1.3 million) on thousands of Facebook ads

promoting divisive messages. – Reuters