I see this as an absolute win

Blaming?

You mean citing.

This is a good thing.

Let's be honest: We are talking about several billions of dollars of ad revenue over the years. Meta has the resources to work within those rules and earn billions. If they do not want to do that, there is something really shady going on.

A fantastic example of why regulation can be good and is often necessary. You can‘t leave tech corporations or even most corporations on their own accord. They need a short leash or they‘re going to tear humanity apart.

The regulations impose additional requirements for a reason - because political advertising can be extremely dangerous. If it's a question of no political advertising or opaque, microtargeted political advertising that can't be investigated later, then it's an easy choice.

Or maybe long term plan: let the political parties know if they want back in, to revise their policies in a more pro-meta stance?

Exactly!

"So, sorry <insert Super PAC here> we'd love to help you astroturf the EU elections, but those pesky laws are stopping us."

this is a good thing though??

Wish we could have some of those rules here in the UK...

Oh shit, really?

That's really a pity that luckily for me I'm no longer giving an absolute metric fuck about meta and any of its shit content or its servi..spywares since 10 years at least already, and also I haven't the slightest idea of changing my plans in that regard.

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.

"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

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

Thanks to bloc's new rules I guess. Fuck meta.

They probably think this will persuade the politicians to review these rules, as they can't reach their target audiences anymore. I hope they see the overwhelming support for this decision, but I'm not sure if I'm in a bubble. I only see positive reactions so far. There was 1 critical article in the news, but just stating facts, no opinions. I think it's great. Less brainwashing going on during the election cycles from now on since Facebook in particular allowed for some really specific demographic targeting.

Bots and troll farms are not impacted, though. I don't expect this will lead to better politics.

Damn stupid me! Once again thought this was #goodnews

nothing is stopping them to push propaganda(russian backed) into peoples feeds that arnt ads.

Is Meta threatening us in the EU with a good time?

The government parties do.

The government parties who approved these regulations..?