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August 11, 2020 04:42 pm

Facebook restricts news outlets with clear ties to political groups




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On Tuesday, Facebook announced that it would start banning US news publishers with connections to political groups from using its news exemption within the platform’s political ads authorization system.


Facebook’s new policy defines political outlets as ones owned by a political person or entity, led by a political person, or as an organization that shares proprietary information gathered from its Facebook account with a political person or entity. These pages will still be allowed to register as a news organizations and advertise on Facebook, but they will no longer be included in Facebook’s News tab.


Facebook News launched in October 2019 and features large publishers like The Wall Street Journal and BuzzFeed. These Facebook pages...



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Original Link: https://www.theverge.com/2020/8/11/21363480/facebook-restricts-news-outlets-political-groups-ties-connections

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