But it's a different story in other countries. Last week, Facebook started a trial in Canada, Brazil, and Indonesia to reduce the amount of political content some users are seeing.
But experts say Facebook should focus more of its efforts on stamping out hoaxes and disinformation as opposed to outright limiting political content.Facebook says people want less political content Reducing political content on Facebook is an easier fix than investing in multilingual moderation, experts say.
"Our goal is to preserve the ability for people to find and interact with political content on Facebook, while respecting each person's appetite for it at the top of theirFacebook cited internal research showing Indonesia, Brazil and Canada as being countries where people most commonly said they saw too much political content in their feeds.
Fringe political parties such as One Nation that rely on disinformation and like to avoid scrutiny are rejoicing at FB’s news ban.
I run a small news and information site. I employ 2 people. Get around 2k hits a day. can I get $? Of course not....only Rupert! The liberal govt is so corrupt and actively ruining small business
Face book was only ever a social media app not a commercial, free press or government propaganda platform. I’m glad the Morrison government has brought in this law Labour originally drew up ! And pleased that Facebook followed the law to the T.
Have Dumped Facebook for bullying Australia ! Shsmr on Suckerberger
Exactly why I left Facebook. But notice how they're only blocking and banning far right voices? Don't the far left cause just as much chaos and unrest Guess it's Facebook for socialists, Gab for conservatives.