American politician are n’t the only ones Facebook ’s given destitute rein tolie in political adson its chopine . Per aCNN report , the troupe ’s extending its widely pan policy across the pool as well , right in clock time for the UK ’s general election . And here I thought I ’d have to wait a whole twelvemonth to see the fallout of monumental false advertising campaigns .
In September , Facebook extended itsmoderation policies“to treat speech communication from pol as newsworthy content that should , as a general dominion , be get a line and pick up ” regardless of any claim — defamatory or otherwise — therein .
So , just as in America , Facebook wo n’t be fact - checking advertizement bunk by British political party and candidates ahead of a historic Parliamentary election next calendar month . One that could determine how Brexit pans out or whether it materialize at all .
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However , ads from political groups will still face the usual scrutiny , Facebook say CNN Friday . That includes , among others , Leave . EU , a pro - Brexit group that worked with the disgraced political data firmCambridge Analyticabefore 2016 ’s public referendum on whether to leave behind the EU . So it seems Facebook has learned at least one thing fromthe falloutof the Cambridge Analytica scandal .
Facebook has been facinga lot of heatsince doubling down on this policy , peculiarly as the 2020 presidential race ramps up and several provably false political ads have begin appearing on the platform . Other social spiritualist bigwigs likeTikTokandTwitterhave ostracize political ads totally , moves that , at least in part , also go as not - quite - so - subtle dunks on the unpopularity of Facebook ’s decision . Even the company’sown employeeshave reportedly called it “ a threat to what [ Facebook ] digest for ” per aNew York Timesreport . Despite this supposedly growing dissent , Facebook ’s official stance remains that it ’s not in the occupation of policing what political ads elector see . And it ’s absolutelynot because of those mellifluous advertising dollars .
[ CNN Business ]
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