Facebook Says It Will Start Verifying Political Ads to Fight Election Meddling

(NEW YORK) — [f500link]Facebook[/f500link] says it will require advertisers who want to run either political ads or so-called "issue ads" — which may not endorse a specific candidate or party but which discuss political topics — to verify themselves.

Facebook is working to strengthen its system ahead of this year's U.S. midterm elections and other elections around the world.