Welcome to the Tech Mem Ride Home for Thursday, May 24th, 2018. Today,

Facebook and Twitter label political ads.

Apple's self-driving car efforts fizzle.

The DOJ is looking at cryptocurrency manipulation.

There's a porn hub VPN and stumble upon is no more.

Here's what you missed today in the world of tech.

They said they would do it and today they followed through.

Facebook announced this afternoon that it would be rolling out a disclosure system for political ads on Facebook and Instagram in the US that

will let you know who paid for the ads. This extends not only to actual

politician ads but also to so-called issue ads that deal with 20 specific topics.

Advertisers wanting to run ads with political content in the U.S.

will need to verify their identity and location.

In the blog post announcing the changes, Facebook said, quote,

these changes will not prevent abuse entirely.

We're up against smart creative and well-funded adversaries who change

their tactics as and when we spot abuse. But we believe that they will help

prevent future interference in elections on Facebook."

Hot on the heels of this news, Twitter announced that it would be adding badges and

disclaimers for U.S. federal political advertisers and require identity certification and just like Facebook

require that advertisers confirm they are located in the US.

Candidates and Committees will have to provide their FEC

IDs and non-FEC registered organizations looking to advertise will have to

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