Facebook has stopped accepting ads from outside Ireland in relation to the country's upcoming abortion referendum. The move follows concern that outside organisations and individuals could try to influence the vote on the Eighth Amendment to the Constitution. The company is in the process of developing ad transparency and election integrity tools, but they won't be in place before the as many as 126 million May Irish ballot. However, the platform will be using its Election Integrity Artificial Intelligence to detect fake accounts, falsified information and foreign interference.
Facebook has stopped accepting ads from outside Ireland in relation to the country's upcoming abortion referendum. The move follows concern that outside organisations and individuals could try to influence the vote on the Eighth Amendment to the Constitution. The company is in the process of developing ad transparency and election integrity tools, but they won't be in place before the 25 May Irish ballot. However, the platform will be using its Election Integrity Artificial Intelligence to detect fake accounts, falsified information and foreign interference.