The Nigerian election come February 2019, remains a global interest, so much that both foreign and local individuals and bodies are ensuring it remains a fair and free election.
Facebook owner is not in any way different from this laid down facts, information gotten indicate that the company is making it know that they would not accept any advert from out side the country via the duration of both campaign and election.
It announced it will not accept political advertisements from outside Nigeria ahead of the upcoming general elections in a bid to prevent “foreign interference” around the polls
The new policy also takes effect in Ukraine, where presidential elections will be held in March. Political ad buyers in these countries must confirm their identity and location and their ads will be archived in an online library for seven years, the company said in a statement.
This new measures was rolled out to increase transparency about political advertising after data firm Cambridge Analytica obtained the personal data of as many as 87 million users ahead of the 2016 US elections.
last October UK authorities fined the social media giant with a £500,000 ($645,000) saying that it failed to safeguard user data. In India, where general elections will be held in April, Facebook said it will begin to archive electoral ads in an online library starting February.
Facebook announced last week that it will roll out additional ad transparency tools in the EU in May. “By shining a light on political ads, news organizations, regulators, watchdog groups and people anywhere in the world can hold advertisers and us more accountable,” Facebook wrote in the blog post.
The new plan is similar to those the company rolled out in the United Kingdom and Brazil in 2018. Political ad-buyers in the United States must provide Facebook with their Social Security information, a copy of a government-issued ID, and a US address.
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