Illustration: Christophe Simon / AFP (Getty Images) Facebook announced on Saturday that it was banning ads that promote weapons accessories and protective equipment until Jan. 22, after President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration, “out of an abundance of caution.” The company’s announcement came after a Buzzfeed News investigation found that Facebook was delivering ads for body armor, …
Photo: Denis Charlet (Getty Images) Facebook’s chief of advertising integrity Rob Leathern has left the company, he announced in a Twitter thread Friday. Leathern came onboard shortly after President Donald Trump took office, and some of the social media giant’s more contentious ad policies, including those regarding election and coronavirus misinformation, rolled out during his …
Photo: Sean Gallup / Staff (Getty Images) In an update to its Terms of Service on Wednesday, YouTube announced that it will now run advertisements before videos created by users who are not already members of its Partner Program, but will not share the new revenue it receives with those users. Advertisement “YouTube has the …