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Strategists, bets shrug off Google, YouTube pol ad ban

Jervis Manahan, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 03 12:14 PM

Campaign strategists and managers of major political camps in the upcoming #Halalan2022 do not seem to be bothered by the Google ban on political advertisements. Read more »

Who stands to lose most in Google political-ad ban?

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 12 02:04 PM

Google's decision to bar Philippine political ads could be disadvantageous to candidates who have fewer campaign resources. Read more »

'Mahihirap na halalan bets dehado sa Google ad ban'

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 02 09:19 PM

Para sa ilang grupo, lumalabas na dehado ang mga maliliit na kandidato rito. Read more »

Lacson, Sotto OK with Google blocking Halalan ads

Zandro Ochona, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 02 08:58 PM

Presidential aspirant Sen. Panfilo Lacson said it is time that social media platforms take responsibility for whatever information is spread through them in relation to next year's polls, after Google announced it would not accept political ads for the 2022 elections. Read more »

2022 aspirants run ads worth P3.7-B before filing candidacies

Carmela Fonbuena, Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism
Updated as of Jan 12 02:04 PM

Alan Peter Cayetano, who initially aspired for the presidency, was the top ad spender from January to September 2021, but this was overshadowed by the combined ads of Senate aspirant Mark Villar and members of his family. Read more »

Facebook gives users more control of News Feed with comment options, favorites

Jessica Fenol, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 31 06:35 PM

Facebook users can now choose or limit who can comment on their public posts after the social media giant released updates for more News Feed control, it said Wednesday.   Read more »

Facebook backs away from heated political talk

Glenn Chapman, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 28 02:50 PM

Facebook is seeking to "turn down the temperature" on its sprawling platform by reducing the kind of divisive and inflammatory political talk it has long hosted.   Read more »

Facebook to provide data on targeted political ads to researchers

Reuters
Posted at Jan 26 03:37 AM

Facebook Inc said on Monday it would provide academic researchers information on how political ads were targeted in the lead-up to the presidential election in the United States last year. Read more »

Facebook to ban political ads in week before US election

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 04 12:56 AM

Facebook says it will ban political advertising the week before the US election, one of its most sweeping moves against disinformation yet as CEO Mark Zuckerberg warned of a "risk of civil unrest" after the vote. Read more »

No complaints vs ABS-CBN on election bias: Comelec, KBP

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jul 07 04:26 AM

Carlo Katigbak, president and CEO of ABS-CBN Corp, said the company treated the campaigns of different candidates equally and that its failure to air the political ads of certain candidates was due to its “first come, first served” system.  Read more »

Not just Duterte but Roxas too: ABS-CBN says unaired ads spanned parties

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 06 11:25 PM

ABS-CBN has no political agenda and does not favor some candidates over others, the company’s chief said on Monday as lawmakers discussed the network’s alleged political bias in past elections. Read more »

'Hindi mababaw 'yung dahilan': Go says up to Duterte to accept ABS-CBN apology

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 24 08:38 PM

ABS-CBN's airing of an attack ad in 2016 and the non-airing of President Duterte's own political ads at the local level are the reasons why President Duterte is mad at the network, Sen. Christopher "Bong" Go said on Monday.  Read more »

‘Hubris’: Palace says ABS-CBN should have apologized to Duterte long ago

Arianne Merez, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 24 05:18 PM

ABS-CBN should have long apologized to President Rodrigo Duterte for its failure to air all of his political advertisements ahead of the 2016 elections, Malacañang said Monday as it criticized the TV network over its supposed excessive pride. Read more »

ABS-CBN chief says all Duterte national pol ads aired

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 25 12:17 AM

ABS-CBN Corp. chief Carlo L. Katigbak answered publicly for the first time the accusation of President Duterte that the broadcast network swindled him after it allegedly failed to air his ads in the 2016 elections.  Read more »

Go questions airing of anti-Duterte ad in ABS-CBN franchise hearing

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 24 01:36 PM

Sen. Bong Go on Monday questioned ABS-CBN Corp's decision to air a negative campaign advertisement against President Rodrigo Duterte in 2016, as a Senate panel tackled issues hounding the media company's license to operate. Read more »

Facebook keeps policy protecting political ads

Mike Isaac and Cecilia Kang, The New York Times
Posted at Jan 10 08:50 AM

The stance put Facebook, the most important digital platform for political ads, at odds with some of the other large tech companies, which have begun to put new limits on political ads. Read more »

Spotify to skip political ads in 2020

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Dec 28 04:50 AM

Online music giant Spotify on Friday said that it would suspend political advertising in early 2020, becoming the latest digital giant to act on concerns over disinformation ahead of the US election. Read more »

Twitter to ban political ads

Trevor Hunnicutt, Reuters
Updated as of Oct 31 09:00 AM

Twitter Inc. will ban political advertising on its platform next month, the company's chief executive said on Wednesday, as social media platforms face pressure to block attempts to steer elections with false information.   Read more »

Privacy group says tech giants not delivering on political ads pledges

Elizabeth Culliford, Reuters
Posted at Oct 03 09:25 AM

Facebook, Twitter and Alphabet's Google have failed to provide adequate transparency for global users around political advertising on their services, a privacy advocacy group said on Tuesday. Read more »