Meta Officially Accepts Blood Money to Promote the Big Lie
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Meta Officially Accepts Blood Money to Promote the Big Lie

Meta made a quiet policy update last year allowing advertisers on Facebook and Instagram to say the 2020 election was rigged. The company has made one thing clear: you can’t use their ad systems to question the legitimacy of the American election system — unless you have a credit card, in which case they’re happy…

Big Tech Officially Accepts Blood Money to Promote the Big Lie
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Big Tech Officially Accepts Blood Money to Promote the Big Lie

Meta made a quiet policy update last year allowing advertisers on Facebook and Instagram to say the 2020 election was rigged. It’s a change that mirrors shifts at Google and the rest of the tech industry. Silicon Valley has made one thing clear: you can’t use their ad systems to question the legitimacy of the…

Meta Is Asking Users for Handouts Amid New Regulations in Europe
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Meta Is Asking Users for Handouts Amid New Regulations in Europe

Being waterboarded with advertisements sort of feels like second nature on the likes of Facebook and Instagram, but for some in the EU willing to pay, that will change. Read more… Visit Site Source: Gizmodo Author: Kevin Hurler

Extreme Diet Content Should Not Be Incentivized, Meta Oversight Board Says
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Extreme Diet Content Should Not Be Incentivized, Meta Oversight Board Says

Meta’s Oversight Board wants the company to revise its policies to prevent it from incentivizing creators who post about dangerous extreme diets. As of now, creators posting through Meta’s Partner Monetization Program can earn ad revenues off of content that describes people trying to survive on only juice or no food… Read more… Visit Site…

Threads Users Can Now Post Polls, GIFs
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Threads Users Can Now Post Polls, GIFs

Threads’s chess match against X, formerly called Twitter, continues with the launch of its polls and GIF features on Thursday. The additions bring to Threads two staples that are widely used on X and are yet another change Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg introduced on the platform in recent weeks. Read more… Visit Site Source: Gizmodo…

Meta and Its Oversight Board Are Squabbling Over Ads for Dubiously Legal Drugs
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Meta and Its Oversight Board Are Squabbling Over Ads for Dubiously Legal Drugs

Meta is once again showing the limits of its own Supreme Court’s policy recommendations. This time, the disagreement centers around the ways users can post about certain drugs like ketamine on Facebook and Instagram. These drugs, which can straddle the line between recreational and therapeutic use, can run right up… Read more… Visit Site Source:…