Facebook, thread e Instagram Their content policy will change and begin Recommend content of a political nature to its users.
“Starting this week in the US and next week in the rest of the world, we’re going to add political content to the recommendations,” he explained. Adam MosseriDirector of Instagram and Threads.
The meta representative added that The volume of such content can be controlled By users, it allows them to decide between accepting few to many political recommendations, with a moderate amount being the default option.
“I’ve said publicly and for a long time that it’s not our place to show people political content from accounts they don’t follow,” Mosseri clarified. “But a lot of people have made it clear that they want this content, and it’s shown It is not realistic to draw red lines around what is political content and what is not.“
He emphasized that the organization plans to introduce policy recommendations responsibly and with the ability to personalize them. Allows users to decide whether they want to use this content. “Our plan is to continue to listen, learn and iterate on feedback in the coming months. Thank you for your patience,” he concluded.
This seems to be part of the decision A change in general philosophy About the type of content allowed and how it is dealt with on platforms. Added to this is the recent announcement that official verifiers will be replaced (Fact checker) by a community note system similar to that found in other social networks such as X (Formerly known as Twitter)
These content policy changes are attributed by some commenters to being imminent Change of government in the United States. These users argue that these decisions are ideologically linked to governance Donald Trump and its approach to online content moderation and freedom of expression.
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