After a series of controversies regarding hate speech and delivering misinformation, Facebook has announced that the social media giant will&nbsp;flag all "newsworthy" posts from politicians that break its rules, including those from the President Donald Trump.

Until Friday, all Facebook posts of Trump remained untouched. However, the same posts, with the exact same wordings, were labelled with a warning on twitter.

This had brought a lot of criticism towards Facebook, whether it was from the outside world or the Facebook employees.

After a three-week long review, Facebook has now decided to flag all "newsworthy" posts from politicians.

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"The policies we're implementing today are designed to address the reality of the challenges our country is facing and how they're showing up across our community," Mark Zuckerberg,&nbsp;wrote on his Facebook page announcing the changes.

He also announced that the social network is taking additional steps to counter election-related misinformation.

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Facebook will also be banning any future posts that spread any false information about election process or the local polling conditions. He aims to complete the process of removing all such posts within 72 hours.

The company also aims to identify and remove all hate posts against minority communities and/or individuals, even before people report such posts.

Ethan Zuckerman, director of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Center for Civic Media, said the changes are a "reminder of how powerful Facebook may be in terms of spreading disinformation during the upcoming election".

"If every post that mentions voting links, people will start ignoring those links. If they're targeted to posts that say things like 'Police will be checking warrants and unpaid traffic tickets at polls' - a classic voter suppression disinfo tactic - and clearly mark posts as disinfo, they might be useful," he said.

However, Zuckerberg has also made it clear that Facebook "has a history of trying hard not to alienate right-leaning users, and given how tightly President Trump has aligned himself with voter-suppressing misinfo, it seems likely that Facebook will err on the side of non-intrusive and ignorable labels, which would minimize impact of the campaign."

This announcement has come after several companies, such as Unilever, Ben &amp; Jerry's and Coca-Cola,&nbsp;decided to&nbsp;&nbsp;boycott Facebook ads through the end of the year due to the amount of hate speech and divisive rhetoric on its platform.

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After a series of controversies regarding hate speech and delivering misinformation, Facebook has announced that the social media giant will flag all "newsworthy" posts from politicians that break its rules, including those from the President Donald Trump.

After a series of controversies regarding hate speech and delivering misinformation, Facebook has announced that the social media giant will flag all "newsworthy" posts from politicians that break its rules, including those from the President Donald Trump. Until Friday, all Facebook posts of Trump remained untouched. However, the same posts, with the exact same wordings, were labelled with a warning on twitter. This had brought a lot of criticism towards Facebook, whether it was from the outside world or the Facebook employees. After a three-week long review, Facebook has now decided to flag all "newsworthy" posts from politicians. An update from our company town hall. Posted by Mark Zuckerberg on Friday, June 26, 2020 × "The policies we're implementing today are designed to address the reality of the challenges our country is facing and how they're showing up across our community," Mark Zuckerberg, wrote on his Facebook page announcing the changes. He also announced that the social network is taking additional steps to counter election-related misinformation. Three weeks ago, I committed to reviewing our policies ahead of the 2020 elections. That work is ongoing, but today I... Posted by Mark Zuckerberg on Friday, June 26, 2020 × Facebook will also be banning any future posts that spread any false information about election process or the local polling conditions. He aims to complete the process of removing all such posts within 72 hours. The company also aims to identify and remove all hate posts against minority communities and/or individuals, even before people report such posts. Ethan Zuckerman, director of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Center for Civic Media, said the changes are a "reminder of how powerful Facebook may be in terms of spreading disinformation during the upcoming election". "If every post that mentions voting links, people will start ignoring those links. If they're targeted to posts that say things like 'Police will be checking warrants and unpaid traffic tickets at polls' - a classic voter suppression disinfo tactic - and clearly mark posts as disinfo, they might be useful," he said. However, Zuckerberg has also made it clear that Facebook "has a history of trying hard not to alienate right-leaning users, and given how tightly President Trump has aligned himself with voter-suppressing misinfo, it seems likely that Facebook will err on the side of non-intrusive and ignorable labels, which would minimize impact of the campaign." This announcement has come after several companies, such as Unilever, Ben & Jerry's and Coca-Cola, decided to boycott Facebook ads through the end of the year due to the amount of hate speech and divisive rhetoric on its platform. (With inputs from Reuters)

Facebook to flag all 'newsworthy' posts from politicians that break rules

Coca-Cola, a major force in global advertising, announced Friday it would suspend ads on social media for at least 30 days, as platforms face a reckoning over how they deal with racist content.

"There is no place for racism in the world and there is no place for racism on social media," James Quincey, chairman and CEO of The Coca-Cola Company, said in a brief statement.

He said social media companies -- which other major brands have boycotted to force changes in how they deal with hateful material -- need to provide "greater accountability and transparency."

<a href="https://www.wionews.com/world/facebook-to-flag-all-newsworthy-posts-from-politicians-that-break-its-rules-308909">Also read:&nbsp;Facebook to flag all 'newsworthy' posts from politicians that break its rules</a>

Coca-Cola will use the pause to "reassess our advertising policies to determine whether revisions are needed," Quincey said.

The beverage giant told CNBC that the "break" does not mean it is joining the movement launched last week by African American and civil society groups.

<a href="https://www.wionews.com/world/twitter-hides-trumps-tweet-targeting-protestors-in-washington-dc-labels-it-as-abusive-content-308136">Also read:&nbsp;Twitter hides Trump's tweet targeting protestors in Washington DC; labels it as 'abusive content'</a>

The coalition, which includes the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), has been urging companies to stop advertising on Facebook, using the #StopHateForProfit hashtag.

It aims to achieve better regulation of groups inciting hatred, racism or violence on the platform.

Unilever, home to brands including Lipton tea and Ben and Jerry's ice cream, said it would stop advertising on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram in the US until the end of 2020 due to the "polarized election period."

Facebook said Friday it would ban a "wider category of hateful content" in ads as the embattled social media giant moved to respond to widening protests over its handling of inflammatory posts.

Coca-Cola, a major force in global advertising, announced Friday it would suspend ads on social media for at least 30 days, as platforms face a reckoning over how they deal with racist content.

Coca-Cola, a major force in global advertising, announced Friday it would suspend ads on social media for at least 30 days, as platforms face a reckoning over how they deal with racist content. "There is no place for racism in the world and there is no place for racism on social media," James Quincey, chairman and CEO of The Coca-Cola Company, said in a brief statement. He said social media companies -- which other major brands have boycotted to force changes in how they deal with hateful material -- need to provide "greater accountability and transparency." Also read: Facebook to flag all 'newsworthy' posts from politicians that break its rules Coca-Cola will use the pause to "reassess our advertising policies to determine whether revisions are needed," Quincey said. The beverage giant told CNBC that the "break" does not mean it is joining the movement launched last week by African American and civil society groups. Also read: Twitter hides Trump's tweet targeting protestors in Washington DC; labels it as 'abusive content' The coalition, which includes the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), has been urging companies to stop advertising on Facebook, using the #StopHateForProfit hashtag. It aims to achieve better regulation of groups inciting hatred, racism or violence on the platform. Unilever, home to brands including Lipton tea and Ben and Jerry's ice cream, said it would stop advertising on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram in the US until the end of 2020 due to the "polarized election period." Facebook said Friday it would ban a "wider category of hateful content" in ads as the embattled social media giant moved to respond to widening protests over its handling of inflammatory posts.

Coca-Cola says pausing social media advertising

Online content should be regulated with a system somewhere between the existing rules used for the telecoms and media industries, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg told global leaders and security chiefs on Saturday.

Online content should be regulated with a system somewhere between the existing rules used for the telecoms and media industries, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg told global leaders and security chiefs on Saturday. Speaking at the Munich Security Conference in Germany, Zuckerberg said Facebook had improved its work countering online election interference, and expanded on his previous calls for regulation of social media firms. "I do think that there should be regulation on harmful content. There's a question about which framework you use for this," Zuckerberg said during a question and answer session. Also Read: Mark Zuckerberg defends Facebook's hands-off policy for politicians "Right now there are two frameworks that I think people have for existing industries - there's like newspapers and existing media, and then there's the telco-type model, which is 'the data just flows through you', but you're not going to hold a telco responsible if someone says something harmful on a phone line." [ Facebook Chairman and CEO Mark Zuckerberg attends the annual Munich Security Conference in Germany (Courtesy: Reuters) ] "I think where we should be is somewhere in between," he said. Facebook and social media giants including Twitter and Alphabet's Google have come under increasing pressure to better combat governments and political groups using their platforms to spread false and misleading information. Zuckerberg said he now employed 35,000 people to review online content and implement security measures. Those teams and Facebook's automated technology currently suspend more than 1 million fake accounts each day, he said, adding that "the vast majority are detected within minutes of signing up." "Our budget is bigger today than the whole revenue of the company when we went public in 2012 when we had a billion users. I'm proud of the results but we will have to stay vigilant," he said.

Zuckerberg asks Facebook to be treated "'like something between a telco and a newspaper"

Facebook&nbsp;said it would refund some advertisers after finding a bug that wrongly attributed video carousel ad clicks as clicks to the advertisers&#39; websites.

When users tried to expand and watch the video carousel on the mobile web browser, the bug inadvertently directed the click to the advertiser&#39;s website, leading to incorrect billing, the company said in a <a href="https://newsroom.fb.com/news/2017/05/video-carousel-ads-on-mobile-web/">blogpost</a> on Tuesday.

A video carousel ad format shows images and links within a single ad unit and also has a button that directs users to websites.

The company said it had fixed the bug, which was not found on the desktop version or the mobile app.

The impact from a billing perspective was 0.04 per cent of ad impressions, Facebook said.

Facebook in September apologised for an error in the way it measured a key metric of video viewership that significantly amplified users&#39; viewing times on its platform.

(Reuters)

The bug inadvertently directed the click to the advertiser's website, leading to incorrect billing

Facebook said it would refund some advertisers after finding a bug that wrongly attributed video carousel ad clicks as clicks to the advertisers' websites. When users tried to expand and watch the video carousel on the mobile web browser, the bug inadvertently directed the click to the advertiser's website, leading to incorrect billing, the company said in a blogpost on Tuesday. A video carousel ad format shows images and links within a single ad unit and also has a button that directs users to websites. The company said it had fixed the bug, which was not found on the desktop version or the mobile app. The impact from a billing perspective was 0.04 per cent of ad impressions, Facebook said. Facebook in September apologised for an error in the way it measured a key metric of video viewership that significantly amplified users' viewing times on its platform. (Reuters)

Facebook?to reimburse some advertisers after discovering bug

Facebook on Friday announced some advertisers will be barred from posting ads targeting racial or ethnic groups.&nbsp;

The social media giant in a blog post said it will disable its advertising tool, &#39;ethnic affinities,&#39; for ads that offer housing, employment and credit extension.&nbsp;

Facebook&#39;s chief privacy officer, Erin Egan wrote, &quot;There are many non-discriminatory uses of our ethnic affinity solution in these areas, but we have decided that we can best guard against discrimination by suspending these types of ads.&quot;

Facebook will use tools which automatically detect and disable ads which depend on &quot;ethnic affinity marketing&quot; and it will also update its policies so that advertisers are unable to discriminate.&nbsp;

The move comes in after ProPublica, a non-profit investigative news agency published an article pointing out Facebook allowed advertisers to target groups on the basis of ethnicity.

Following this, a group of users filed a lawsuit saying it violated the Fair Housing Act and Civil Rights Act.

After Donald Trump&#39;s unexpected and historical win, Facebook has come under flak for helping president-elect Trump by allowing &quot;fake news&quot; content about him, affecting voters decision.&nbsp;

Facebook CEO, Mark Zuckerberg has denied the allegations and said the content was too small to influence the election.&nbsp;

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Facebook said it will disable its advertising tool, 'ethnic affinities,' for ads that offer housing, employment and credit extension

Facebook on Friday announced some advertisers will be barred from posting ads targeting racial or ethnic groups. The social media giant in a blog post said it will disable its advertising tool, 'ethnic affinities,' for ads that offer housing, employment and credit extension. Facebook's chief privacy officer, Erin Egan wrote, "There are many non-discriminatory uses of our ethnic affinity solution in these areas, but we have decided that we can best guard against discrimination by suspending these types of ads." Facebook will use tools which automatically detect and disable ads which depend on "ethnic affinity marketing" and it will also update its policies so that advertisers are unable to discriminate. The move comes in after ProPublica, a non-profit investigative news agency published an article pointing out Facebook allowed advertisers to target groups on the basis of ethnicity. Following this, a group of users filed a lawsuit saying it violated the Fair Housing Act and Civil Rights Act. After Donald Trump's unexpected and historical win, Facebook has come under flak for helping president-elect Trump by allowing "fake news" content about him, affecting voters decision. Facebook CEO, Mark Zuckerberg has denied the allegations and said the content was too small to influence the election. (WION)

Facebook to stop ethnicity-based targeting for some ads