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.^

There is nothing to blame about except this should have come earlier and everywhere.

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.

I guess this is a win-win situation 🤩

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.