JAKARTA: Facebook has banned political advertisements from outside Indonesia ahead of the country’s presidential polls, just weeks after being heavily criticised by the European Union for not doing enough to counter election meddling.
Taking measures: Facebook says the restriction is part of safeguarding election integrity on its platform. — APFacebook has banned political advertisements from outside Indonesia ahead of the country’s presidential polls, just weeks after being heavily criticised by the European Union for not doing enough to counter election meddling.
The world’s biggest social network said it was temporarily restricting any paid material from advertisers based outside the South-East Asian nation that related to politicians or parties, or any attempts to encourage voter suppression.
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