More than 300 political adverts for President Donald Trump were removed by Google's video streaming platform YouTube in the summer of 2019.She faced questions on what actions have been taken to remove false or misleading information from the platform, as social media companies across the board face increasing scrutiny on how they will handle the problem ahead of the upcoming presidential election in 2020.
"This is about paying for reach," he said in a series of tweets."And paying to increase the reach of political speech has significant ramifications that today's democratic infrastructure may not be prepared to handle. It's worth stepping back in order to address."1.9 billion users The YouTube logo seen on a wall in Paris. Until recent weeks, the video-streaming service has been among the quietest of the social media platforms in announcing how it tackles issues of political ads.Following suit with Twitter and Facebook however, Google made its first announcements on changes regarding political ads earlier last month.
Facebook, in turn, is reportedly considering banning the practice of targeting specific users as well, but is conversing with stakeholders in the advertising industry to take on concerns and to manage expectations.
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