Meta cracks down on political AI-generated ads!

Plus the latest updates from Google (and there are a lot) [image]() Hi {NAME}, Are you running Meta ads to promote a political campaign? If so, you'll want to think twice before using AI to help with your creatives! This week Meta announced that it will be enforcing its new AI disclosure policy, and if you don't you risk getting your ads banned. In other news, Google has announced a whole host of new updates, to check out the details and stay in-the-know be sure to check out the links below. Cheers, Jeff What you need to know this week... Social Media Meta enforces disclosure for digitally altered ads Meta has implemented new disclosure requirements for digitally altered political ads. This requires advertisers to indicate when their ad contains a photorealistic image, video, or sound created or modified by AI. Meta warns that failing to disclose these alterations can result in ad removals or bans and allows advertisers to update their past campaigns with its new AI disclosure tag. 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