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..?

Aren't these ads too? Someone as paid for this propaganda so it is technically ads right?

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)

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.

"I'm sorry to say I cannot accept any more money from disinformation groups political parties, particularly from certain regions* because another region won't let me put your ads out there for the plebs users to be manipulated informed."

^*^ ^-^ ^Russia,^ ^China,^ ^North^ ^Korea,^ ^Iran,^ ^and^ ^other^ ^associated^ ^places.^