Meta to Disable New Political Ads in Week Before November Elections

Meta loosely outlined how it plans to brace its platforms for the upcoming U.S. midterm elections, starting with political ads. Meta, which owns Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp, detailed steps similar to the measures the company took previously in lieu of proposing many new ideas or areas of investment. That includes disabling new “political, electoral and social issue ads” during the week prior to voting on November 8.