Article 42E5W Facebook delays identity checks on UK political advertisers

Facebook delays identity checks on UK political advertisers

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Alex Hern and Jim Waterson
from Technology | The Guardian on (#42E5W)

Exclusive: social network says it is improving process to stop abuse of disclaimer system

Facebook is delaying its plans to require British political advertisers to verify their identity, the Guardian can reveal, after a spate of failures on the part of the company to vet disclosers in the UK and US.

The social network will bring in the requirement "in the next month", it says, pushing back the initial deadline of Wednesday 7 November.

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