This week’s announcements from Facebook aimed at protecting the integrity of Canadian elections miss the key issue. What’s the recipe Facebook needs to follow to take its responsibilities in a democracy more seriously? Article Continued BelowFirst, Facebook should describe the measures they plan to take to bring transparency to political ads. Second, Facebook should require that anyone wishing to place a political ad declare it – as is generally the case with political ads in print, radio or TV. Meaningful transparency in online political ads is the only way to preserve trust, and keep our democracy healthy.

Source: thestar October 20, 2017 14:03 UTC