
Facebook introduces new policies for political, social issue ads ahead of 2020 elections
Political advertisers on Facebook required to include EIN or FEC numbers. Facebook has updated its ad policies for political advertisers...

Housing, employment, credit advertisers on Facebook must now use Special Ad Category option in Ads M
Facebook’s Special Ad Category in Ads Manager Facebook announced on Monday it is now requiring all U.S.-based housing, employment and...

Facebook’s ‘Off-Facebook Activity Tool’ disconnects user ad targeting data from p
Facebook is rolling out an Off-Facebook Activity tool that allows users to see a summary of the apps and websites that have shared their...

Piling on: State AGs intend to launch their own antitrust investigation against tech biggies
A coalition of about 12 state attorneys general is getting ready to launch an antitrust investigation of U.S. tech giants, the Wall...

Does Facebook have a problem with HTTPS URLs in posts with images?
Facebook Debugger claims image is corrupted or has an invalid format. Have you had any issues trying to get images to load for organic...

Facebook Marketing API to get ‘Special Ad Category’ field for housing, employment, credi
Facebook is adding the same Special Ad Category field it rolled out in Ads Manager in July to its Marketing API next month. The update,...

Will ‘Facebook’ branding on Instagram, WhatsApp help advertisers? Marketers have mixed
This is the latest installment of our series focused on the ways social platforms and ad strategies are evolving. Instagram advertisers...

Americans record lowest ‘satisfaction’ with Facebook since 2015, according to ASCI
A steady stream of surveys and anecdotal evidence indicates Americans are less trusting and engaged with Facebook since the Cambridge...

Facebook reported strong ad revenue growth in Q2, Instagram ads continue to drive impression growth
Facebook earned $16.6 billion in ad revenue for the second quarter of 2019, a 28% increase year-over-year. Facebook CFO David Wehner said...

FTC settlement with Facebook imposes tough new privacy rules, including personal liability for CEO Z
Facebook critics were grousing that $5 billion was too little to pay for the company’s alleged repeated violations of user privacy, in...

FTC slaps Facebook with long-awaited $5 billion fine for privacy violations
Anticipated for months, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) voted today to fine Facebook a record $5 billion for apparent violations of a...

Facebook shows users more details about data used to target ads
Facebook is introducing new details to its “Why I’m seeing this ad” feature for users. It now shows the interests and categories used to...

Facebook warns Pages it is downgrading posts that use exaggerated health claims to promote products
Facebook announced on Tuesday it has made ranking updates to its News Feed algorithm, aiming to reduce posts that contain exaggerated or...

Facebook brings back reach estimates for Custom Audiences
Facebook is reinstalling reach estimates for Custom Audiences, a tool that allows advertisers to estimate audience size for their Custom...

Facebook’s digital wallet Calibra: What it could mean for marketers
Facebook announced it is launching a financial subsidiary in 2020 called Calibra that will include a digital wallet offered as a...

Facebook launches new market research app after pulling similar app in January
Facebook has rolled out a new Study from Facebook marketing research program that involves users downloading an app to collect data from...

Instagram recruits Facebook VP Justin Osofsky as next COO
Instagram has named Justin Osofsky as its new COO. The head of Instagram Adam Mosseri announced the Osofsky’s new role in an Instagram...

Facebook Ads Manager issues are causing major headaches for advertisers
Last November, three days before Black Friday, Facebook’s Ads Manager suffered an outage that left many advertisers unable to access...

Facebook warns advertisers ‘Clear History’ tool may impact ad targeting
Facebook released an announcement Tuesday letting advertisers know that its coming “Clear History” tool — a feature that will allow users...
























