Facebook removes Shell climate change ads

Facebook has taken down some Shell advertisements after they fell foul of its rules over transparency on climate change and environmental politics. Ads promoting the FTSE 100 energy company’s carbon-friendlier work - such as its Greenlots, its US electric vehicle charging business in the US, and Shell Energy, its power supplier in the UK - were removed after Facebook ruled they covered environmental politics, where it is trying to clamp down on misinformation. Since 2018 the social network