>Online campaign against Weber and Timmermans exploits flaws in Google and Facebook systems.
A mysterious online campaign against leading European Commission presidential candidates has featured in Google and Facebook ads despite breaching both companies' rules on political advertising.
The campaign uses online advertisements to target Manfred Weber, the German candidate of Europe's main center-right political alliance, and Commission Vice President Frans Timmermans, his Dutch center-left rival. The ads link to two articles hosted on the Medium online publishing platform that criticize both men, posted under what appears to be a fake profile.
https://www.politico.eu/article/secret-ad-campaign-targets-top-jobs-race/