Facebook has lost its only fact - check partner in the Netherlands , Dutch digital newsprint NU.nl , over its insurance of allowing politician to openly lie in ads on the platform , according to an clause on NPO 3 .
NU.nl ’s decision to bail comes amid widespread backfire over the Facebook policy . critic , let in some of itsown employee , have debate it incentivises on-line disinformation campaignsat an unprecedented leveland may have more to do with buildinginfluence among politicians . ( In the U.S. , Facebook is struggle toplacate conservative criticswho think the ship’s company isbiased towards liberal , while Donald Trump ’s re - election campaign hasreacted angrilyto proposed change to ad policies it believes could limit its compass on Facebook . ) Conversely , Facebook insiststhat it simply believesthat it ’s not an “ appropriate character for us to referee political debates and forbid a political leader ’s speech from reaching its audience and being subject to public debate and scrutiny . ”
“ What is the point of fighting phoney news if you are not allowed to undertake politicians ? ” NU.nl editor - in - gaffer Gert - Jaap Hoekman pen in NPO 3 . “ lease one thing be clear : we stand behind the content of our fact checks . ”
Photo: DAPD/Joerg Koch (AP)
“ We value the work that Nu.nl has done and regret to see them go , but esteem their conclusion as an independent clientele , ” Facebook spokesperson told the Verge in a statement . “ We have strong relationships with 55 fact - checking partners around the creation who fact - check content in 45 languages , and we project to continue expanding the programme in Europe and hopefully in the Netherlands . ”
Facebook ’s challenger have taken the opportunity to stake out unlike position on political ad . In October , Twitter CEO Jack Dorseyannounced a banonall ads promotingany character of statute law , ballot measure , referendum , or regulation , as well as those localize by political candidates or parties , across the Twitter advertising platform . Google hasamended its advertizement policiesto limit the amount of information available to candidates and parties when target ads to wide categories likegender , age , and postal computer code , as well as state it will police all ad for sour claims or manipulate medium .
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