
Facebook launches Ad Archive API for political ads with limited release
Facebook is launching an Ad Archive API for US researchers and publishers that will allow them to analyze political and issue-based ads...

Facebook clarifies Custom Audience list management terms for agency-advertiser relationships
Alexey Boldin / Shutterstock.com Since releasing new rules around Custom Audiences in June, Facebook is clarifying terms around a...

Facebook removes 5K ad targeting filters to keep advertisers from discriminating against ethnic 
Facebook is continuing the push to make its platform safer for users, this time removing more than 5,000 ad targeting filters from its...

As advertisers pull back on Facebook, Instagram’s ad spend growth rate is booming
tanuha2001 / Shutterstock.com Facebook suffered a lackluster Q2, reporting slow user growth and lower-than-expected revenue. The...

Facebook bans bail bond ads & requires pre-certification for addiction treatment ads
Facebook will no longer allow promotions for bail bond services and is only allowing ads for addiction treatment centers from advertisers...

Facebook’s content review policy: How it works, the teams & tech behind the reviews &
Last week, Facebook announced it had removed 32 Pages and accounts from its platform and Instagram for “coordinated inauthentic behavior”...

Facebook adds Stories, action buttons & more to redesigned mobile Pages
Facebook is redesigning its mobile Pages with a new set of features aimed at helping local companies drive more business via their...

Twitter loses ability to let users auto-post tweets & retweets to Facebook
Quka / Shutterstock.com Yesterday, Facebook announced it had deprecated its Publish actions permissions from its API, a feature that made...

Facebook looks to monetize WhatsApp with new Business API & ads that open chats in the messagin
Facebook has launched a new WhatsApp Business API designed to help businesses communicate with consumers via the Facebook-owned WhatsApp...

Facebook cuts off access to API platform for ‘hundreds of thousands’ of inactive apps
Rokas Tenys / Shutterstock.com Facebook reports it has cut off access to its API platform for hundreds of thousands of inactive apps that...

Facebook & Instagram introduce new user tools to track time spent on the apps
“It’s our responsibility to talk openly about how time online impacts people — and we take that responsibility seriously. These new tools...

Facebook updates video ad metrics
Facebook is making adjustments to the way it measures video ads, offering a new metric, removing others and bringing in a new third-party...

New features in the Facebook Ads Manager app make building ads on mobile easier
Rokas Tenys / Shutterstock.com Facebook just gave advertisers more creative tools for building ads right from their phones via the Ads...

Facebook to begin testing new ‘Highlights’ feature that lets users save Stories
Alexey Boldin / Shutterstock.com Facebook has confirmed it will begin testing a new “Highlights” feature that allows users to save...

Facebook testing AR ads in the News Feed & new tool to help brands create video ads
Facebook is giving a select number of advertisers access to augmented reality (AR) ads that run in the News Feed and is testing a new...

Facebook’s automated systems to monitor political advertisers are blocking the wrong ads
Since the advent of the ad and data-related scandals plaguing Facebook — including the Cambridge Analytica scandal and the emergence of...

Facebook reminds developers deadline for app reviews is less than a month away
Facebook is reminding developers that in order to keep access to a number of APIs, the app review deadline is August 1. Developers...

Instagram signs on to the time well spent movement with new ‘You’re all caught up’
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg is making good on his assurance that he wants to be part of the time well spent movement, but instead of...

Apps must now pass review process before getting access to Facebook’s Marketing API
Facebook announced a new list of updates to its app development platform today, a regular occurrence since the company suspended...
























