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Facebook starts adding labels to 'state-controlled media' and will ban them from running ads in the US ahead of the 2020 election

Facebook has started to apply labels to state-run media outlets — news publishers it deems "wholly or partially under the editorial control of their government" — the company said in a"We believe people should know if the news they read is coming from a publication that may be under the influence of a government," the company said, "because they combine the influence of a media organization with the strategic backing of a state.

The company it had officially begun the process of adding the labels, which will start appearing this week in its "Ad Library Page view, on Pages, and in the Page Transparency section" for all users and on News Feed posts for US users.

 

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Good. Start with Fox News!

including the republican post-bots?

Banning state controlled media won't do much to prevent the Trump/Russia team from disseminating disinformation.

Hmmm.

Thanks

Fox News will be impacted huh?

iFortknox MediaMK

So overdue. About time and thank heavens. Facebook is now finally again after being pushed into a corner and probably fined doing the ethically right thing for all of its users. AboutTime

that's cool- 'state controlled media' says lots

Uh oh OANN

So, basically no one mainstream media outlet can advertise...

How will RT help Trump now

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