Facebook will unveil a series of measures later today in a bid to prevent its platform being used to disrupt the next federal election and to conform with changes to Canada's election law. Changes to Canada's elections law contained in Bill C-76 require companies that sell online ads to set up a registry of political ads. Companies are also prohibited from accepting election ads from outside Canada. Chan said the company is serious about trying to prevent foreign interference and about respecting recent changes to Canada's elections law. Facebook's decision to introduce a series of measures to comply with changes to Canada's election law is in sharp contrast with Google's response to the changes in Canada's election laws.

Source: CBC News March 18, 2019 06:56 UTC