Facebook is investigating the political pages and ads of another group backed by Reid Hoffman
News for Democracy's potential violations may have included Facebook's community standards and advertising policies, the company said. Facebook's community standards emphasize authenticity and ban "misrepresentation," including coordinated efforts to mislead people about the origin of content. The pages also don't offer contact information for an administrator, a standard practice for news organizations and groups on Facebook. The social network has poured significant resources into policing its platform since the Russia controversy, including doing some vetting of Facebook pages with large followings. He disavowed disinformation as a tool for mobilizing American voters, but said that U.S. political groups could learn from Russia's "troll army," the Internet Research Agency, and its use of microtargeting to reach narrow groups of voters.
Facebook accused of censorship after hundreds of US political pages purged
furthermore The removal of 800 pages and accounts came as a shock to many on the left and rightOn Thursday, Facebook announced it had removed more than 800 political pages and accounts for "coordinated inauthentic behavior" and spamming. This week, the people behind the pages Facebook purged for being inauthentic are angry. I shared content from many of the biggest, most reputable political pages, and they shared mine. "I absolutely believe savvy spammers realize that polarizing political views drive a lot of traffic," says Llansó. "But there are also a lot of people who fervently believe their political views and are trying to drive traffic to their posts and ideas.
Facebook is investigating the political pages and ads of another group backed by Reid Hoffman
News for Democracy's potential violations may have included Facebook's community standards and advertising policies, the company said. Facebook's community standards emphasize authenticity and ban "misrepresentation," including coordinated efforts to mislead people about the origin of content. The pages also don't offer contact information for an administrator, a standard practice for news organizations and groups on Facebook. The social network has poured significant resources into policing its platform since the Russia controversy, including doing some vetting of Facebook pages with large followings. He disavowed disinformation as a tool for mobilizing American voters, but said that U.S. political groups could learn from Russia's "troll army," the Internet Research Agency, and its use of microtargeting to reach narrow groups of voters.
as mentioned in The removal of 800 pages and accounts came as a shock to many on the left and rightOn Thursday, Facebook announced it had removed more than 800 political pages and accounts for "coordinated inauthentic behavior" and spamming. This week, the people behind the pages Facebook purged for being inauthentic are angry. I shared content from many of the biggest, most reputable political pages, and they shared mine. "I absolutely believe savvy spammers realize that polarizing political views drive a lot of traffic," says Llansó. "But there are also a lot of people who fervently believe their political views and are trying to drive traffic to their posts and ideas.
Facebook accused of censorship after hundreds of US political pages purged
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