Tag: Meta
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Meta is Taking Measures to Prevent Scam Ads on Facebook and Instagram
On March 23, 2026, Meta updated its Advertising Content Policy, indicating that advertising accounts must be associated with a legitimate business or individual. Last October, a report from Investigate Europe showed how scammers exploit EU regulatory loopholes and the lack of platform liability that enables, for instance, the spread of financial advertisements using celebrity deepfakes.…
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Meta Lifts Restrictions on Imagery Depicting Violence and Death
On 27.06.2025 Facebook and Instagram updated their community guidelines, removing restrictions on content depicting a person’s violent death and acts of brutality committed by police. They also removed the ban on content showing deceased babies. Removed from Facebook’s community guidelines: Imagery depicting a person’s violent death or life threatening event when the act of violence…
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From “Hate Speech” to “Hateful Conduct”
23.04.2025 Meta has updated Facebook’s community guidelines terminology, replacing all mentions of “hate speech” with a definition of hateful conduct. Before: We define a hate speech attack as dehumanizing speech; statements of inferiority, expressions of contempt or disgust; cursing; and calls for exclusion or segregation. (line 1329) After: We define hateful conduct as direct attacks…