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Facebook's Civil Rights Audit Raises Significant Concerns with the Platform's Political Policy Approach

Social Media Today

An audit of Facebook's approach to civil rights has raised serious concerns with the platform's policies, in particular, it's decision not to fact-check political ads or take action on comments from political leaders.

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Facebook Watchbait: Misleading and Sensational Videos Will Be Down-Ranked

Jon Loomer

Facebook has announced that videos using “watchbait” will be penalized and receive less news feed distribution. Facebook ad policies don’t specifically call out watchbait, but there are references to sensational content, misinformation, deceitful practices, and misleading claims. What is watchbait?

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The Proper Setup to Manage Facebook Ads for Clients

Jon Loomer

Creating new ad accounts seems to be one of those actions that can create flags within Facebook’s systems. Beginning about a year ago, Facebook put an emphasis on cracking down on violators. ” The specific rule from item 5 of “Things You Should Know” in Facebook’s Advertising Policies reads as follows: 5.

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Eight Common Facebook Issues And Steps To Resolve Them

SocMed Sean

Most of the time, Facebook works just fine. Here’s how you can quickly fix some of the most common Facebook bugs. Facebook Messenger Keeps Displaying a Notification of a New Message, But There Isn’t One. When you click on the Facebook app, it shows an unread Messenger chat, but when you go there, no unread message exists.

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The First Rule of Facebook Ads: Know the Rules

Jon Loomer

If you’re an advertiser, it’s critically important that you know and comply with Facebook’s advertising policies. Read Facebook’s ad policies. When you do this, Facebook will automatically make adjustments to things that you can and can’t do, most commonly impacting targeting.

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12 Guidelines for Corporate Social Media Policies

Harp Interactive

12 Tips for Corporate Social Media Policy Guidelines. Corporations should include social media policies in their general business conduct policy and guidelines. Social Media Policies should be vetted by legal experts to control liability and risk. Set forth policy on disclosure by employees that they work for the company.

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Strategy Before Policy

Mindjumpers

Social media policy. Some people might say; “well the policy is a part of the overall strategy” but when one takes a closer look it is more about don’t and this is failing. I am not against policy – I am for strategy. Some companies are more prawn to regulate and restrict rather than use its full potential. As I see it.

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