Facebook will start labeling posts and pages by state-controlled media outlets
4 years, 9 months ago

Facebook will start labeling posts and pages by state-controlled media outlets

India Today  

Social media giant Facebook on Friday announced that it will start labeling posts by media outlets that are under the partial or editorial control of the government. “Several months ago, we announced our plan to label media outlets that are wholly or partially under the editorial control of their government, and today we’re starting to apply labels to those state-controlled media outlets. Facebook said that it will begin blocking ads from the state-controlled media outlets in the US “to provide an extra layer of protection against various types of foreign influence in the public debate ahead of the November 2020 election in the US.” Facebook claimed that it has consulted more than 65 experts around the world specializing in media to know how a media outlet becomes “state-controlled”. That’s why our definition of state-controlled media extends beyond just assessing financial control or ownership and includes an assessment of editorial control exerted by a government,” Gleicher said in the blog.

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Opinion: There’s a clear way to regulate Facebook, TikTok and other social media
1 year ago

Opinion: There’s a clear way to regulate Facebook, TikTok and other social media

LA Times  

Powerful technology has perhaps never presented a bigger set of regulatory challenges for the U.S. government. Congress can create an independent authority responsible for establishing and enforcing baseline safety and privacy rules for social media companies. At minimum, companies would be banned from accepting payment from terrorist groups looking to verify social media accounts, as the Tech Transparency Project found …

Facebook bans Russia state media from running adverts, monetising
3 years, 1 month ago

Facebook bans Russia state media from running adverts, monetising

Al Jazeera  

Move comes hours after Moscow said it was limiting access to Facebook amid fact-checking dispute and invasion of Ukraine. Facebook says it has restricted Russian state media’s ability to earn money on the social media platform as Moscow’s invasion of neighbouring Ukraine reached the streets of Kyiv. “We are now prohibiting Russian state media from running ads or monetising on …

Facebook Banned Trump 1 Year Ago. Social Media Hasn't Gotten Much Better.
3 years, 2 months ago

Facebook Banned Trump 1 Year Ago. Social Media Hasn't Gotten Much Better.

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING So: Have they? Facebook “remains an extremist breeding ground,” offering militia groups unparalleled ability to spread anti-government propaganda, recruit new members and even run ads, according to a report by the Tech Transparency Project released last week. “The prevalence of these groups is startlingly similar to what we found a year ago.” In a separate study focused …

Facebook misjudges thousands of political ads
3 years, 3 months ago

Facebook misjudges thousands of political ads

The Hindu  

A joint study conducted by researchers at New York University and KU Leuven University has found that Facebook misidentifies thousands of political ads, a practice that could lead to manipulation of users on the platform. In some cases, the social network did not recognise political ads, while they often wrongfully label non-political ads as political, the researchers noted in a …

Facebook’s safety head tells U.K. lawmakers it does not amplify hate
3 years, 4 months ago

Facebook’s safety head tells U.K. lawmakers it does not amplify hate

The Hindu  

Facebook Inc's algorithms demote rather than promote polarising content, its global head of safety told British lawmakers on Thursday, adding that the U.S. company would welcome effective government regulation. "I don't agree that we are amplifying hate," Davis told the committee on Thursday, adding: "I think we try to take in signals to ensure that we demote content that is …

Ex-Facebook employee, who accused social media giant of putting profit over public good, to push for regulation
3 years, 5 months ago

Ex-Facebook employee, who accused social media giant of putting profit over public good, to push for regulation

Firstpost  

Frances Haugen is set to testify on Capitol Hill after she leaked reams of internal research to authorities and The Wall Street Journal, which detailed how Facebook knew its sites were potentially harmful to young people’s mental health Washington: A Facebook whistleblower will go before US lawmakers Tuesday to urge regulation of the social media giant, after an outage impacted …

Facebook to de-emphasise political posts on news feed in move that could diminish right-wing media influence
3 years, 6 months ago

Facebook to de-emphasise political posts on news feed in move that could diminish right-wing media influence

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Facebook’s “news feed” will feed less news to its users …

Facebook faces year of reckoning after showdown in Australia
4 years, 1 month ago

Facebook faces year of reckoning after showdown in Australia

Live Mint  

Facebook Inc.’s brief but tempestuous standoff with the Australian government over a world-first pay-for-news law is only the start of a string of regulatory battles that the world’s biggest social network faces in 2021. Mark Zuckerberg started the year on the offensive, blocking news across Rupert Murdoch’s home turf of Australia to fend off demands that Facebook pay media companies …

Facebook’s bid to ‘bully’ Australia sparks a global backlash
4 years, 1 month ago

Facebook’s bid to ‘bully’ Australia sparks a global backlash

CNN  

London CNN Business — Facebook’s decision to block people from sharing news in Australia has been rebuked by lawmakers around the world, raising the specter of a much wider showdown between the world’s biggest social media platform and the governments and news organizations fighting to check its power. In a statement shared with CNN Business, Knight said that UK lawmakers …

Facebook to temporarily reduce political content
4 years, 1 month ago

Facebook to temporarily reduce political content

The Hindu  

Facebook Inc said on Wednesday it would temporarily reduce political content appearing on News Feeds for some users in Canada, Brazil and Indonesia this week and in the United States within the coming weeks. Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg said in January that he wanted to "turn down the temperature" of political conversations on the social networking site because "people …

Facebook to Develop Tools to Allow Advertisers Remove Certain Posts Appearing Next to Their Ads
4 years, 1 month ago

Facebook to Develop Tools to Allow Advertisers Remove Certain Posts Appearing Next to Their Ads

News 18  

Facebook said on Friday it would soon start developing?topic exclusion controls? on its platform to give advertisers greater ability to weed out certain types of content from appearing alongside their ads. This comes after companies including Coca-Cola Co and Starbucks boycotted Facebook in July for not doing enough to curb hate speech on its site following the death of George …

Facebook Clamps Down On Posts, Ads That Could Undermine U.S. Presidential Election
4 years, 6 months ago

Facebook Clamps Down On Posts, Ads That Could Undermine U.S. Presidential Election

NPR  

Facebook Clamps Down On Posts, Ads That Could Undermine U.S. Presidential Election Enlarge this image toggle caption Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images Updated at 10:55 a.m. The company recently joined Twitter in removing accounts that spread "false stories about racial justice, the Democratic presidential campaign of Joe Biden and Kamala Harris and President Trump's policies," as NPR's Bobby Allyn …

Facebook's New Terms Can Legally Censor Posts, India MD Answers Political Bias Concerns
4 years, 6 months ago

Facebook's New Terms Can Legally Censor Posts, India MD Answers Political Bias Concerns

News 18  

Facebook has updated its terms of services, notifying users of a change in the way it approaches the censoring of an article and in turn impacting its overall content moderation policy. The key postulate in Facebook’s legal content moderation terms reads, “We also can remove or restrict access to your content, services, or information if we determine that doing so …

Facebook to label all rule-breaking posts - even Trump’s
4 years, 9 months ago

Facebook to label all rule-breaking posts - even Trump’s

Associated Press  

OAKLAND, Calif. — Facebook said Friday that it will flag all “newsworthy” posts from politicians that break its rules, including those from President Donald Trump. Ethan Zuckerman, director of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Center for Civic Media, said the changes are a “reminder of how powerful Facebook may be in terms of spreading disinformation during the upcoming election.” He …

Facebook to label newsworthy posts, including by Donald Trump, that break rules
4 years, 9 months ago

Facebook to label newsworthy posts, including by Donald Trump, that break rules

ABC  

Facebook will begin labelling newsworthy content that violates its policies in the lead-up to November's US elections. Key points: Facebook will join Twitter in adding labels to some content including posts about voting It comes as some advertisers plan to halt advertising on social media platforms A civil rights group says the move doesn't go far enough in stopping hate …

Facebook will label more controversial content and tighten advertising policies
4 years, 9 months ago

Facebook will label more controversial content and tighten advertising policies

CNN  

CNN Business — Facebook will ban ads that scapegoat minorities, immigrants, racial or other groups as part of a wider crackdown on hate speech, according to CEO Mark Zuckerberg. “Specifically, we’re expanding our ads policy to prohibit claims that people from a specific race, ethnicity, national origin, religious affiliation, caste, sexual orientation, gender identity or immigration status are a threat …

Facebook is weakening democracy | Analysis
4 years, 9 months ago

Facebook is weakening democracy | Analysis

Hindustan Times  

The past month has seen the social media content policy debate flare up to dizzying heights. At the centre of the controversy is United States President Donald Trump, who suggested on Twitter that implementing mail-in ballot voting for the presidential election would rig the US elections this November. Juxtapose Twitter’s response with the approach Facebook has taken — with chief …

Facebook starts labelling state-controlled media
4 years, 9 months ago

Facebook starts labelling state-controlled media

Live Mint  

NEW DELHI: As promised, Facebook has started labelling media outlets and publishers that are wholly or partially under the editorial control of governments of the country they belong to, the social media company announced in a blog post. Facebook believes this is important and will boost transparency as many media organisations around the world have heavy government influence. To develop …

Facebook tweaks ad policy but still allows political lies in U.S. campaign 2020
5 years, 2 months ago

Facebook tweaks ad policy but still allows political lies in U.S. campaign 2020

The Hindu  

Facebook Inc announced limited changes on Thursday to its approach to political ads, including allowing users to turn off certain ad-targeting tools, but defied critics’ demands that it bar politicians from using its ads system to spread lies. Facebook said it and its photo-sharing app Instagram will soon have a tool enabling individual users to choose to see fewer political …

Facebook tightens rules for US political advertisers ahead of 2020 election
5 years, 6 months ago

Facebook tightens rules for US political advertisers ahead of 2020 election

Live Mint  

Facebook Inc is tightening its political ad rules in the United States, it said on Wednesday, requiring new disclosures for its site and photo-sharing platform Instagram ahead of the U.S. presidential election in November 2020. The social media giant is introducing a "confirmed organization" label for U.S. political advertisers who show government-issued credentials to demonstrate their legitimacy. Under scrutiny from …

Facebook rejects regulator's recommendation for scrutiny in customer's news feed
6 years ago

Facebook rejects regulator's recommendation for scrutiny in customer's news feed

Firstpost  

Facebook rejecting proposal said users, not regulators, should decide what they see in their news feeds Facebook Inc has rejected an Australian regulator’s recommendation for greater scrutiny over the social network’s advertising market power and the ranking of news articles in customers’ feeds. “Creating a news ranking regulator for Facebook is not a proportionate regulatory solution that will be effective …

We face legitimate scrutiny but we have changed: Facebook
6 years, 1 month ago

We face legitimate scrutiny but we have changed: Facebook

The Quint  

San Francisco, Feb 5 Stressing that it is determined to do more to keep people safe across its services, Facebook said it has identified some key areas where it has to do more to keep its platforms sanitised. "We still face legitimate scrutiny, but we're not the same company we were even a year ago," Facebook said in a blog …

Facebook starts verifying identity, location for paid political ads in UK
6 years, 3 months ago

Facebook starts verifying identity, location for paid political ads in UK

Firstpost  

Facebook said it would, however, exempt select UK news organizations from housing their content. UK advertisers seeking to run political ads on Facebook Inc must now confirm their identity, location and reveal who paid for the ad, the social network said on Thursday as it faces increasing scrutiny following the Cambridge Analytica scandal. The social media company said it would, …

Facebook promised to fix political ads on its platform. It hasn’t
6 years, 4 months ago

Facebook promised to fix political ads on its platform. It hasn’t

CNN  

New York CNN Business — Facebook and its CEO, Mark Zuckerberg, pledged to fix how it handles political and issue ads in the wake of Russian meddling in 2016. Earlier this week, Vice News, posing as a political ad-buyer, got approval from Facebook to run ads in the name of every single one of the US’ 100 senators. Last Thursday …

Facebook and Twitter unveil political ad transparency tools ahead of US midterm elections later this year
6 years, 10 months ago

Facebook and Twitter unveil political ad transparency tools ahead of US midterm elections later this year

The Independent  

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Facebook and Twitter have unveiled tools for displaying more information on political content …

Here's How Facebook Could Be Regulated
7 years, 4 months ago

Here's How Facebook Could Be Regulated

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING WASHINGTON ― Mark Zuckerberg’s original motto for Facebook was “Move fast and break things.” It now appears that the CEO is going to have to answer for moving too fast and breaking too many things. Mark Warner and Amy Klobuchar are drafting legislation to require large online platforms like Facebook, YouTube, Instagram and Snapchat to maintain public …

Facebook ads: Social media giant announces new transparency
7 years, 5 months ago

Facebook ads: Social media giant announces new transparency

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Under pressure in advance of hearings on Russian election interference, Facebook is moving to increase transparency for everyone who sees and buys political advertising on its site. More broadly, Rob Goldman, Facebook’s vice president in charge of ad products, said the company is building new transparency tools in which all advertisers — even those that aren’t political — …

Facebook to bring changes in managing political ads ahead of the next US elections
7 years, 5 months ago

Facebook to bring changes in managing political ads ahead of the next US elections

Firstpost  

Disclosures by Facebook, Twitter Inc, and Alphabet Inc’s Google that their products were battlegrounds for Russian election meddling last year have turned into a crisis for Silicon Valley. Facebook Inc has begun overhauling how it handles political ads on its platform and may put some changes in place before US elections next year, Facebook’s chief technology officer said on Wednesday. …

Facebook gearing up to fight political propaganda
7 years, 10 months ago

Facebook gearing up to fight political propaganda

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — Facebook is acknowledging that governments or other malicious non-state actors are using its social network to influence political sentiment in ways that could affect national elections. It’s a long way from CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s assertion back in November that it was “pretty crazy” to think that false news on Facebook influenced the U.S. presidential election. It was …

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