Facebook announced Tuesday that it would try to prevent publishers connected to political teams from appearing on its News tab and would not allow them to claim exemptions from their political ads.
The social media giant’s new policy comes when a lot of grants have been discovered through political entities disguised as local news sites.The Columbia Journalism Review reported this month that they are designed to look like data pages, but are backed by lobthroughists or CAP.
Turns out Facebook is now looking to take strong action against those pages with access to certain features.The company stated that pages it believes have “direct and meaningful links to political entities” will not claim a news exemption when transmitting political announcements., and you will not be allowed to appear on your Facebook News tab.
Facebook said it is a “political entity” as an organization, company, or organization “whose main objective is to influence politics and elections,” including political parties, campaigns, PAC, Super PAC, and political consultants.
“While such pages are allowed on Facebook, it is vital to make sure that those pages are subject to the same criteria as political entities on Facebook when it comes to advertising.In other words, they will have to register in the authorization procedure and not blame ads on social issues, elections or politics in the advertising library,” the corporation wrote.
Publishers who meet certain criteria are exempt from a disclaimer procedure when posting classified ads on social, electoral, or political issues.The new policy would prohibit politically supported pages from profiting from this exemption.
Facebook’s policy shift comes when it has gained warmth in the run-up to the upcoming presidential election.
The company has been criticized for adopting a lax technique to point out President Donald Trump’s posts on other social media platforms. Facebook workers also organized a virtual strike in reaction to Trump’s posts.
In the middle of the setback, EXECUTIVE Chairman Mark Zuckerberg said the company would put a precautionary label on the “harmful” messages of public figures.
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