Tech platforms, on the hook to clean up political advertising, take different approaches

This week, we’ve been interviewing Marketplace reporters about what we should expect in tech in 2020. Today, we’re taking a look at one major event happening in 2020: the U.S. presidential election. It is no secret that there was a boom in social media misinformation campaigns during the 2016 election with the goal of influencing how we vote and who we vote for. Tech platforms are in the spotlight on the subject of digital political ads, targeted ads and the security of our election.