Brexit Campaign Ads Among First Removed By Facebook In Crackdown news.sky.com

Brexit campaign group Leave.EU's Facebook videos have become some of the first to be removed by the social network as part of a crackdown on political "dark ads".

Leave.EU failed to provide details now required by political advertisers.

"Their delivery was 'not approved', presumably because they didn't have a disclaimer as of today," Leave.EU spokesperson Andy Wigmore told Sky News. "All ads are now inactive."
Under Facebook's new regulations, which went into force on Thursday, advertisers running political ads must provide certain details, or have their ads taken down.

Advertisers must confirm their identity and location to Facebook, and say who paid for the ad, before they can be approved to run political ads.

Advertisers must also prove to Facebook that they are paid for by someone who lives in the UK.