Facebook will soon verify US Election ad buyers' identities with postcards

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Monday, 19 February 2018 ()

Facebook will soon verify US Election ad buyers' identities with postcardsFacebook Inc will start using postcards sent by U.S. mail later this year to verify the identities and location of people who want to purchase U.S. election-related advertising on its site, a senior company executive said.

The postcard verification is Facebook's latest effort to respond to criticism from lawmakers, security...
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Facebook will be using U.S. postcards to verify ID and location of people who want to buy election-related advertising. This is in response to criticism of failing to detect Russia's use of the site to spread political disinformation in the 2016 election. The plans were revealed after Robert Mueller...

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