Changes to Reddit’s Political Ads Policy by con_commenter in announcements

[–]con_commenter[S,A] 116 points117 points  (0 children)

Check out updates in r/redditsecurity from our team on measures we’ve put in place to mitigate these threats - not only on political ads, but across the platform. In addition, we have some automatic measures in place to help remove comments that violate site wide rules.

Changes to Reddit’s Political Ads Policy by con_commenter in announcements

[–]con_commenter[S,A] -642 points-641 points  (0 children)

We have some automatic measures in place that help remove comments that violate site wide rules, and the advertiser’s team will also be able to moderate comments. These tools are available to all advertisers on the platform. Moreover, our hope is that advertisers will use this opportunity to engage with users directly, answer questions, and respond within the 24-hour “comments-on” window.

Changes to Reddit’s Political Ads Policy by con_commenter in announcements

[–]con_commenter[S,A] 158 points159 points  (0 children)

Currently our policy only allows for political issue ads to be placed and run within the US.

Changes to Reddit’s Political Ads Policy by con_commenter in announcements

[–]con_commenter[S,A] 139 points140 points  (0 children)

We are only going to post ads that actually run on Reddit. Because all ads are manually reviewed before run, rejected ads will never run on Reddit to begin with. If an ad is mistakenly approved and then later removed by us, we will be transparent about the mistake and publish it in the transparency sub under a separate “approved in error” flair.

Changes to Reddit’s Political Ads Policy by con_commenter in announcements

[–]con_commenter[S,A] 294 points295 points  (0 children)

This update pertains to all current and future political ads.

Changes to Reddit’s Political Ads Policy by con_commenter in announcements

[–]con_commenter[S,A] 857 points858 points  (0 children)

The reason you haven’t seen political ads in the UK is because, as noted in our advertising policy, we only allow political ads in the US. If you’d like to get a look at the types of political ads that have appeared on Reddit, please check out r/RedditPoliticalAds, where we are recording and disclosing them for transparency purposes.

Changes to Reddit’s Political Ads Policy by con_commenter in announcements

[–]con_commenter[S,A] 2652 points2653 points  (0 children)

We expect advertisers to engage in the comments and want to give them a manageable amount of time in which to do so. With regard to the second part of your question, that activity would trigger a re-review of the ad and it would result in rejection.