LS polls 2019: Facebook to tell users who paid for, published political ads

Ahead of upcoming general elections, Facebook on Thursday further updated its policy for political advertising in the country and said it would add disclaimers about who paid for or published an ad and would make more data available about these ads on Facebook and Instagram. 
 

The changes, which will come into effect on February 21, were detailed in a blogpost by its India and South Asia Public Policy Director Shivnath Thukral and Product Manager Sarah Schi.

Beginning Thursday, people will begin to see political ads with 'published by' or 'paid for by' disclaimers. Along with this, Facebook will add a