Facebook Brushes Aside Proposal Over Labeling of Political News
- News Media Alliance calls for exempting some media companies
- Facebook executive says ’thanks again for your input’ in email
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While Facebook Inc. has said that it wants to draw the line between news and misinformation, the company turned down an offer to work with a news media trade group to help resolve a conflict, emails show.
News Media Alliance Chief Executive Officer David Chavern on Monday offered a plan that would relieve some news organizations of a new Facebook requirement for any ads they buy that promote their articles about politics placed in a public database alongside the ad information of political candidates and groups.