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Facebook exec promises UK lawmakers overhaul for political ads

Alistair Smout, Reuters
Posted at Apr 27 02:36 AM

Facebook will introduce new measures to improve transparency around advertising and politics in Britain, an executive said on Thursday, as he faced criticism from British lawmakers over a data scandal. Read more »

Facebook to verify identities, require labels for political ads

Rob Lever, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Apr 07 06:55 AM

WASHINGTON, United States - Facebook announced Friday it will require political ads on its platform to state who is paying for the message and would verify the identity of the payer, in a bid to curb outside election interference.   Read more »

Congress seeks stricter regulation of political ad rates

RG Cruz, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 07 07:26 PM

A congressional committee will consolidate 2 bills in a move that seeks to cap advertising rates on political advertisements. Read more »

Facebook to keep wraps on political ads data despite researchers' demands

David Ingram, Reuters
Posted at Jun 22 08:00 PM

Facebook said it would not disclose information about political campaign advertising or related data such as how many users click on ads and if advertising messages are consistent across demographics, despite arguments from political scientists who want the data for research. Read more »

Duterte says will block ABS-CBN franchise renewal

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Apr 28 12:22 AM

President Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday said he would block the renewal of ABS-CBN's franchise, which expires in 2020, after accusing the company of accepting money for a campaign ad that failed to air before the May 9, 2016 polls, and then failing to return the money. Read more »

Hackers deface MTRCB website over negative pol ad

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 07 01:58 PM

MANILA - The website of the Movie and Television Review and Classification Board (MTRCB) was defaced by hackers on Saturday over the airing of a negative political advertisement on television. Read more »

Comelec: Negative pol ads allowed by law

Pia Gutierrez, ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 06 03:52 PM

MANILA - The Commission on Elections (Comelec) sees nothing wrong with the airing of the controversial negative ads about Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte on television Thursday evening.  Read more »

Anti-Duterte ad causes uproar online

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of May 05 11:56 PM

MANILA - A television ad paid for by Senator Antonio Trillanes that targets leading presidential candidate Rodrigo Duterte has drawn flak online. Read more »

#NoFilter: Whose political ads are the best, worst?

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 13 01:50 AM

Is Mar Roxas' latest political advertisement where he says "walang drama, trabaho lang" finally working for the Aquino administration's standard bearer? Read more »

Why money sometimes doesn't win elections

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 12 04:34 AM

Taliwas sa paniniwala ng mga pulitiko, ang magarbong paggasta sa political ads ay hindi nangangahulugan ng panalo. Read more »

Why Comelec has hands tied vs 'premature campaigning'

Jamaine Punzalan, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 11 10:30 AM

MANILA - The Commission on Elections admitted on Monday that there is no law which could penalize candidates in the 2016 elections for splurging on political ads even before the campaign period. Read more »

Miriam warns: Ad splurge, a red flag for corruption

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 10 05:43 PM

Sen. Miriam Defensor Santiago on Sunday urged voters to treat as red flags for corruption the freehanded spending of candidates on ads for the 2016 elections.  Read more »

Political ads, babantayan ngayong panahon ng kampanya

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 08 11:54 PM

Sa Linggo pa lang ang opisyal na umpisa ng election period para sa Halalan 2016. Read more »

Time's up: Comelec wants new rules on campaign ad time limits

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 08 04:22 PM

The Commission on Elections will hold public consultations on its draft campaign rules and regulations which include the removal of aggregate time limits for broadcast political advertisements. Read more »

Roxas still lags in surveys despite heavy advertising: analyst

RG Cruz, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 07 03:24 PM

MANILA - Despite heavy investments in political advertising, administration standard bearer Mar Roxas is still lagging in pre-election surveys, an analyst pointed out Thursday. Read more »

Binay, Grace, Mar top TV ad spenders in 2015: Nielsen

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 05 07:19 PM

MANILA - At least three presidential candidates in the 2016 polls spent a combined P1.4 billion on TV ads in Metro Manila in the first 11 months of 2015, with Vice-President Jejomar Binay spending more than half a billion pesos on TV ads last year.  Read more »

Political ads sa mga PUV, pinayagan na

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 29 08:50 AM

Ilang buwan bago ang eleksyon sa Mayo, naglipana na ang political advertisments ng mga kandidato, pati na sa mga pampublikong sasakyan. Read more »

Pulse Asia: Roxas got boost from Aquino's endorsement

Updated as of Sep 26 07:05 PM

Mar Roxas got an 8-point survey boost in Pulse Asia's latest presidential election poll for ABS-CBN. A veteran public relations practitioner explained surveys are affected by the political ads of the presidential aspirants for Halalan 2016. Read more »

Political ads nina Poe, Roxas, Binay nakatulong umano sa surveys

Updated as of Sep 26 07:58 AM

Ginawa ang survey sa kasagsagan ng kontrobersiya sa Iglesia ni Cristo kung saan nabatikos si Grace Poe at VP Binay sa pagkampi sa sekta. Read more »