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Byline: Lori Rozsa A federal judge in Florida on Thursday ordered the state to stop threatening TV stations with criminal charges if they run a political ad in support of [...]

Byline: Rob Owen Oct. 2Q: Is WTAE-TV still looking for a weekend morning news anchor? William, via email Rob: Following the July departure of weekend morning anchor Tom Garris, Channel [...]

In the distant and innocent year of 2002, lawmakers really thought they could cut back on negative and corrosive political advertising with one simple trick: Making candidates personally stand behind [...]

Byline: Isaac Stanley-Becker A bogus video of President Biden reinstating the draft and sending America's finest to aid Ukraine's war effort. Fake photos of former president Donald Trump being arrested [...]

Byline: JEFF GRAY; Staff The Ontario Court of Appeal has struck down the provincial government's restrictions on election ads, siding with a coalition of unions that challenged the use of [...]

Elon Musk's social media service said it would begin to permit cause-based advertising to ''facilitate public conversation around important topics.'' SAN FRANCISCO -- Twitter said on Tuesday that it would [...]

Byline: Elizabeth Dwoskin Twitter said it was relaxing its ban on political and issue-based advertising on Tuesday, a reversal of the company's long-standing approach to paid political speech. The policy [...]

Byline: Cristiano Lima The Federal Election Commission last week adopted new rules requiring disclosures for political advertising online, taking a major step toward boosting transparency in digital campaigning. The move [...]

The Times had reported that the campaign committee used money meant for legal expenses to pay for advertising. A watchdog group and Democrats are raising challenges. A campaign watchdog group [...]

Byline: Rob Owen Sep. 21Trib Total Media TV writer Rob Owen answers reader questions every Wednesday at TribLive.com in a column that also appears in the Sunday Tribune-Review. Q: Can [...]

Byline: Naomi Nix A Washington state judge ruled Friday that Facebook repeatedly violated campaign finance rules requiring platforms to release information about political advertisers on their sites. The court said [...]

Byline: THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO -- Lead TORONTO An Ontario justice has upheld the province's restrictions on third-party election advertising, ruling the measures do not infringe on voters' right to [...]

Byline: Craig Timberg Facebook's parent company, Meta, announced Tuesday that it will begin limiting how political and issue advertising can be targeted at its users, removing the ability in most [...]

Byline: Mark Niesse VOTING Georgias government is soon launching radio ads, local newspaper announcements and print brochures to promote free ID cards for voters who need them to cast a [...]

Byline: OLIVER MOORE, Staff TORONTO -- Lead Ontario legislators debated through the weekend in a rare sitting as the government of Premier Doug Ford rushed to again pass an election-advertising [...]

Byline: MARCUS GEE, Staff Lead This month an Ontario judge did what judges are meant to do when faced with a challenge to government legislation. He reviewed arguments that were [...]

Byline: JEFF GRAY, Staff Lead Ontario's Progressive Conservative government recalled the province's legislature Thursday and outlined a plan for a midnight sitting over the weekend to rush through legislation that [...]

Lead Ontario Premier Doug Ford triggered his many critics this week, when he said he would use the Constitution's notwithstanding clause to negate a Superior Court ruling that struck down [...]

Byline: LAURA STONE, JEFF GRAY Lead Premier Doug Ford's government is calling back the Ontario Legislature to invoke the Constitution's notwithstanding clause and override a recent court ruling that tossed [...]

Good morning. Here's your quick rundown of the business and tech news to know for the week ahead. -- Charlotte Cowles What's Up? (Feb. 28-March 6) Compromises, Compromises The Biden [...]

The social network had prohibited political ads on its site indefinitely after the November election. Such ads have been criticized for spreading misinformation. SAN FRANCISCO -- Facebook said on Wednesday [...]

Byline: B Izzak Nov. 24--By B Izzak KUWAIT: The government has sent to the National Assembly major amendments to the election law including an amendment calling for the establishment of [...]

Byline: Geoffrey A. Fowler The campaign messages are coming fast and furious now. 'Hi Geoffrey, I'm Jess w/People's Action,' reads one. 'Voter Alert for Geoffrey Fowler!' says another. And the [...]

Byline: THE CANADIAN PRESS Lead Facebook Canada says it is taking measures to ensure election integrity ahead of the Oct. 24 vote in British Columbia, but would not share how [...]

For Print Use Only. The following editorial appeared in The WashingtonPost: - - - Facebook last weekunveiledan expansion of its previously announced policies to fight confusion, misinformation and general malfeasance [...]

Byline: Elizabeth Dwoskin, Craig Timberg and Isaac Stanley-Becker Facebook on Thursday announced sweeping election initiatives, imposing new rules on campaign advertising, disinformation and voter suppression in response to complaints from [...]

Good morning! This is the most I've ever looked forward to a Monday, when New York City enters Phase 2 of its reopening. (Outdoor dining, here we come.) Here's what [...]

The president has tried to parlay space policy into an upbeat campaign issue for the 2020 election. The campaign to re-elect President Trump pulled SpaceX, NASA and astronauts and their [...]

Byline: Laurence Dodds, US Technology Reporter British government adverts announcing lockdown measures, explaining business loans and offering help to victims of domestic violence were wrongly removed by Facebook for breaking [...]

Byline: Tony Romm Twitter on Wednesday said it would ban all advertisements about political candidates, elections and hot-button policy issues such as abortion and immigration, a significant shift that comes [...]

Byline: Craig Timberg, Tony Romm and Drew Harwell As Facebook cracked down on disinformation flooding its social media platforms, executives decided to codify a key loophole: Politicians remained free to [...]

Byline: Brian Hallenbeck Sept. 20-- Sep. 20--State Sen. Paul Formica's 2016 campaign committee treasurer violated state elections law when he failed to disclose that Formica's daughter was the ultimate recipient [...]

Facebook said Wednesday that it was strengthening how it verified which groups and people place political advertising on its site, as the social network braces for the 2020 presidential election [...]

Byline: Tony Romm Facebook on Wednesday announced it would tighten some of its rules around political advertising ahead of the 2020 presidential election, requiring those who purchase ads touting candidates [...]

Facebook has banned advertising from The Epoch Times, the Falun Gong-related publication and conservative news outlet, as the social network struggles to implement a consistent political advertising policy. Facebook issued [...]

Byline: Jim Camden July 27-- Jul. 27--Although legislators wrapped up their 2019 session and went home three months ago, most of the bills they passed don't become law until Sunday. [...]