Every account is equipped with an option that has the power to limit the number of political ads on Facebook. So, if you want to personalize this experience and see only what is relevant to you, make changes in the Facebook ad preferences. Find out how it is done!.
How to stop political ads on Facebook?
Political campaigns on Facebook are organized in an effort to influence the decision-making process within a specific group. If you don’t like this behavior, you can limit its appearance in your News Feed. Find how to see fewer political ads on Facebook.
- Tap the Menu.
- Choose Settings & Privacy.
- Select Settings again.
- Go to Ads.
- Choose Ad Preferences.
- Switch to the Ad topics tab under Ad preferences.
- Choose topics to see fewer ads about them.
Facebook acknowledges the fact; that this system isn’t perfect. So, if any user finds that, the ads are continually showing up even after configuring the preferences, they can report it. Just tap in upper right corner of the ad and report it to Facebook.
How to turn off political ads on Facebook?
Whenever elections are just a few months away, we start seeing political campaign ads running wild on social media. Of course, it’s an effective medium through which the candidates in the fray convey their message but sometimes, Facebook ads can go overboard. here’s how you can tame the experience.
Open your Facebook app and go to the Menu (visible as 3 horizontal bars at the bottom of the app screen).
Choose Settings from the list of options displayed and then, move to Settings & Privacy.
Next, select Settings again and go to Ads.
Here, choose Ad Preferences.
Switch to the Ad topics tab under the Ad preferences section. Here, choose the topics to see fewer ads about them. Hit the See Fewer button to limit the ads about the topics.
When done, Facebook will limit the number of Political Ads seen on its platform. It’s a step in the right direction to make political advertising more transparent. Do you agree?? Share your thoughts with us in the comments section below.
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