Elections will be held in the Philippines in May next year. The election is being held to find a successor to the country’s current president, Rodrigo Duarte. And with this election in mind, Google has announced to stop political advertising on its platform. News Reuters.
During last year’s US presidential election, social media had to work hard to handle political advertising. This is a prelude to the election in the Philippines so that such a situation does not arise.
According to the report, from February 8 to May 9, Google will stop campaigning for or against political parties or candidates. Google has updated its political content policy by emphasizing the issue.
Google will send advertisers a policy update notification so that advertisers do not violate the policy and may be alert in advance.
It is worth mentioning that in Southeast Asian countries, social media including YouTube and Facebook have become a political battlefield. Filipinos are at the top of the list for spending the most time on social media in the world. And so, these media have to be vigilant about the forthcoming elections in the country.
