▲ 395 ▼ Meta will cease political ads in European Union by fall, blaming bloc’s new rules (apnews.com) submitted 1 year ago by Davriellelouna@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world 33 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] tedd_deireadh@lemmy.world 29 points 1 year ago (2 children) Exactly! "So, sorry we'd love to help you astroturf the EU elections, but those pesky laws are stopping us." permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] kautau@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago 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. permalink fedilink source parent [–] tormeh@discuss.tchncs.de 7 points 1 year ago Bots and troll farms are not impacted, though. I don't expect this will lead to better politics. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] kautau@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago 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. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] tormeh@discuss.tchncs.de 7 points 1 year ago Bots and troll farms are not impacted, though. I don't expect this will lead to better politics. permalink fedilink source parent