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Thursday, September 18, 2025
TopicPolitical ads

Topic: Political ads

BJP ads targeting Congress are downright inflammatory. EC’s slowness to ban makes it suspect

ThePrint Team -
ThePrint view on the most important issues.

Twitter takes a swipe at Facebook and bans political ads

Kurt Wagner -
Twitter plans to publish a new political ads policy outlining the change in a few weeks, which will be enforced globally and go into effect 22 Nov.

The fightback against Facebook is getting stronger across the world

Leighton Andrews -
Governments, legislators and regulators will not accept status quo. Where Facebook has users, governments will regulate.

Too much of Modi, Rahul everywhere? Not really, ad spend is actually down this poll season

Amrita Nayak Dutta -
According to research firm AdEx, there were far fewer political ads across media between January and March this year compared to 2014. Only radio ads grew.

Kejriwal’s Delhi govt spent Rs 274 crore on ads since 2015 – four times more than Congress

Deeksha Bhardwaj -
The Arvind Kejriwal government has courted frequent criticism for its heavy expenditure on ads, which have been flagged for breaching SC guidelines.

Facebook takes down 11,000 political ads by Helo, owned by same Chinese company as TikTok

Regina Mihindukulasuriya -
The Helo app’s ads did not promote any particular political party but used politicians’ names and doctored images to expand its own footprint.

EC wants curbs on Facebook, Twitter political ads, but that’s unlikely before Lok Sabha polls

Regina Mihindukulasuriya -
The Election Commission has written to the law ministry seeking a check on political ads on Facebook and Twitter ahead of Lok Sabha elections.

Political ads on Facebook will come with disclaimers on advertisers

PTI -
Facebook's new policy is an effort to bring transparency into political advertisements ahead of the Lok Sabha elections.

Google to make details on political advertisements public

PTI -
Google's decision is an effort to promote "openness to election advertising online". It is also introducing a searchable Political Ads library.

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Opinion

Gold prices jumped up 17% in the last 7 years. And it isn’t going to stop

Ashwani Mahajan -
Economic analysts around the world are pointing to significant changes in global monetary and financial conditions behind the surge in gold prices.

Suryakumar Yadav was big news for TV anchors—his handshake snub to birthday wishes to Modi

Playing Asia Cup with Pakistan was the worst decision India could have taken

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Economy

At launch of NITI Aayog report, Sitharaman calls for regulation to run at par with AI adoption

Udit Bubna -
FM adds that AI-assisted technologies should be adopted in all districts to bring development & highlights importance of collaborative ecosystems in tech innovation.

Defence

India looks to ink deal for 114 Rafale as early as next year, some to come in fly-away condition

Snehesh Alex Philip -
The Standard F4 plus version will come equipped with longer-range air-to-air missiles (two) and air-to-ground munitions than currently in service with India, ThePrint has learnt.

National Interest

Gen Zs have taken down the Nepal regime. Here’s why this will never happen in India

Shekhar Gupta -
To be truly functional and durable, even eternal, a state doesn’t just need a leader, a party or an ideology. It needs functional and robust institutions.

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