Big Tech Draws Record Revenue, Harsh Criticism With Election Ads
Google and Facebook struggle to set and enforce clear guidelines
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The campaigns for President Donald Trump and Joe Biden spent a combined $192.3 million on Facebook advertising in the first 10 months of 2020, with over a quarter of that coming in October alone, according to data from Facebook Inc.
The presidential campaigns for each party more than doubled their ad spending on the social network compared with the presidential candidates in the 2016 race, when experts agreed that Trump outmaneuvered Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton online.