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Here's the column Meta doesn't want you to see: Read the Kansas Reflector's piece about Facebook's climate change ad policy (www.thehandbasket.co)

submitted 7 months ago by psychothumbs@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 45 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Imagine my surprise when I attempted to “boost” a post on Meta’s Facebook to begin our online promotional efforts — and the company summarily rejected it.

Why? According to the automated response I received, the post “doesn’t comply with our Ads about Social Issues, Elections or Politics policy.”

Apparently, Meta deems climate change too controversial for discussion on their platforms.

I had suspected such might be the case, because all the posts I made prior to the attempted boost seemed to drop off the radar with little response. As I took a closer look, I found others complaining about Facebook squelching posts related to climate change.

I can imagine it started with climate change denialists, but its probably way too much benefit of the doubt for the company that knowingly swung opinion to trump based on russian assets in 2016.

[–] boredtortoise@lemm.ee 14 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Joel Kaplan

[–] ChicoSuave@lemmy.world 8 points 7 months ago

What a nightmare of a person.