Snap's advertising competitors such as Facebook, Twitter and Google have come under fire in recent months over their policies on misleading political advertising.
have come under fire in recent months over their policies on misleading political advertising.
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has defended Facebook's decision not to fact-check political advertising, and Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey decided to ban all political advertising, though the company is now struggling toIn contrast, Snapchat has a team to fact-check all political advertising on the platform, Spiegel says.
"We subject all advertising to review. including political advertising," he said Monday. "And I think what we try to do is create a place for political ads on our platform, especially because we reach so many young people and first-time voters we want them to be able to engage with the political conversation, but we don't allow things like misinformation to appear in that advertising.
He compared Snap's policy on political ads to cable TV. "That might be more similar to cable rather than broadcast," he said.
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