As the holiday shopping season kicks in, you’re probably seeing lots of advertisements. In your snail mail box. In your email box. And on your social media feeds. That’s where Michael Schnackenberg ...

PHILADELPHIA -- A warning about a Facebook ad offering a popular chocolate in bulk, perfect for the holidays. The ads are popping up all over social media. This one was offering about 20 pounds of ...

Sens. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) sent a letter to regulators on Saturday, requesting an investigation into Meta for allegedly profiting from fraudulent advertisements. The ...

U.S. lawmakers have asked the Federal Trade Commission and the Securities and Exchange Commission to launch an investigation into Meta Platforms (META), Reuters reported on Monday, following a report ...

A new analysis of political advertisers found that the platform profits from ads that include deepfakes and other content prohibited by its own policies. Recent Meta ads have included fabricated ...

On Wednesday, Meta announced that it would use conversations with its AI chatbot to tailor ads. Advertising is a core business for Meta, comprising over 97% of its revenue in 2023 and 2024. Meta AI ...

Social ads remain small businesses’ go-to play despite rising costs. New benchmark data from WordStream LocaliQ shows Facebook’s average cost per lead (CPL) climbed 21% year over year to $27.66. By ...

Emily Long is a freelance writer based in Salt Lake City. After graduating from Duke University, she spent several years reporting on the federal workforce for Government Executive, a publication of ...

After the Cambridge Analytica data scandal broke in 2018, things got bad enough for Meta (then Facebook) that Mark Zuckerberg had to face Congress to try to explain what had happened. The focus on how ...

I started running Facebook ads for my small design business last year, and let me tell you—it was a game-changer. Facebook's massive user base of over 3 billion monthly active users gives even tiny ...

Facebook ads are one of the best ways to promote your business, sell a product or service, get leads, or anything that can benefit from advertising. Before creating a Facebook ad, you want to create a ...

Editor’s Note: This story, originally published in February 2025, is part of ‘Systems Error,’ a series by CNN’s As Equals, investigating how your gender shapes your life online. For information about ...