Announcing that Facebook will not display advertisements that lead to "lie news"

ByWilliam Iven

On Facebook, we have been doing various styles of "lie news (fake news)" and a hand to prevent the spread of hoaxes, but newly, a third party organization that verifies the facts of the advertisement will When it is judged to be false, I announced that I will take measures not to display that advertisement.

Blocking Ads from Pages that Repeatedly Share False News | Facebook Newsroom
https://newsroom.fb.com/news/2017/08/blocking-ads-from-pages-that-repeatedly-share-false-news/


Facebook has been taking measures to prevent fraudulent use of linked preview as a countermeasure against fake news diffusion so far.

About efforts on change of linked preview | Facebook news room
https://ja.newsroom.fb.com/news/2017/07/next-steps-to-addressing-link-preview-modification/

However, as Facebook still has pages that are spreading fake news more widely and increasing readers by using Facebook advertisements, on Facebook, it is necessary to cut off the inflow route to the fake news page to suppress spread of information Has been decided.

Whether the content is fake news or not is that fact confirmation will be done by a third party organization.

For Facebook pages that share fake news certified sites and pages repeatedly, measures will be taken to prevent you from purchasing Facebook advertisements. Measures will be canceled if you stop marketing fake news.