Facebook delays identity checks on UK political advertisers
by 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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