The word "blame" normally implies that something bad has happened.

This is good.

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

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 <3

Blaming?

You mean citing.

This is a good thing.

“Blaming”? No one wants them to begin with…

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

They should also fuck off

this is a good thing though??

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

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)

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.

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.

While pushing right wing and Russian „news“ I assume.

Damn stupid me! Once again thought this was #goodnews

I guess this is a win-win situation 🤩

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.

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

Good, now Hungary can put that 2M EUR per month from propaganda into research, education and healthcare.

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.

"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.^

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.

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