Under the regulations, which are set to take effect on Oct. 10, platforms will have to label political ads, disclosing who paid for them, and what campaign, referendum or legislative process they’re connected to
Oh yeah they sound really unworkable, who could possibly expect meta to take this very basic information from their advertisers and then display it in a small text box.
Of course not seeing the ads is even better so I don’t think anyone will complain.
I guess this is a win-win situation 🤩
Is Meta threatening us in the EU with a good time?
EU is threatening Meta with a bad time
We’re sad to announce that, from that day forward, you will no longer be able to see political ads on Meta services like Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.
(Idk how to blame the EU while trying to sound like a sane, professional corporation not throwing a hissy fit)
The word “blame” normally implies that something bad has happened.
Exactly!
“So, sorry <insert Super PAC here> we’d love to help you astroturf the EU elections, but those pesky laws are stopping us.”
Exactly this. This messaging is for their customers, e.g. those that buy political ads, and their investors, those that want line go up regardless of how. They aren’t speaking to their users. Their users are part of the product they sell.
Bots and troll farms are not impacted, though. I don’t expect this will lead to better politics.
“I’m sorry to say I cannot accept any more money from
disinformation groupspolitical parties, particularly from certain regions* because another region won’t let me put your ads out there for theplebsusers to bemanipulatedinformed.”* - Russia, China, North Korea, Iran, and other associated places.
meta: we’re stopping political ads because of the evil eu pls write them and complain
literally everyone: another benefit to being in the eu <3
nothing is stopping them to push propaganda(russian backed) into peoples feeds that arnt ads.
Aren’t these ads too? Someone as paid for this propaganda so it is technically ads right?
Like reedit they look the other way because fake accounts generate lots of engagement. They could easily shut down such accounts and they choose not to.
This is good.
Damn stupid me! Once again thought this was #goodnews
Wish we could have some of those rules here in the US…
Wish we could have some of those rules here in the UK…
Blaming?
You mean citing.
This is a good thing.
Thanks to bloc’s new rules I guess. Fuck meta.
this is a good thing though??
“Blaming”? No one wants them to begin with…
The government parties do. That’s who they’re targeting with this ‘news’.
Any government party seen bending to the metatwats can fuck off too. But unfortunately they really want the exposure to show the kids how hip they are.
The government parties do.
The government parties who approved these regulations…?
Not all of them, but that’s what meta is trying to get at. “Your laws stop us from marketing you u to the masses”
Fuck 'em. I hope I live to watch meta crumble to shit and everything like it.
“No one”
They don’t give a shit what their users want. Their users are part of the product they sell. Their customers are their advertisers. This is bad news for political advertisers and their investors, both of whom absolutely want political advertising on the platform. This is a good thing. It would be a much better thing if people would just stop using Meta products altogether
