Under Facebooks new guidelines, digital newsrooms propped up by political activists may register as a news page, but they will be blocked from inclusion in Facebook News. Facebook said it could choose to ban news publishers from promoting their content if they fail to follow rules about misinformation and disclosure.Publishers will have to undergo an authorization and disclaimer process to run ads promoting their content about politics, elections and social issues.
The dark money liberal group, which doesnt disclose its donors, is relying on unwitting audiences to think its content is the same as local newsrooms journalism. Last fall, Acronym said it would run newsrooms in the battlegrounds of Arizona, Michigan, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Virginia and Wisconsin.
Former Nevada Attorney General Adam Laxalt has sought to spotlight Acronyms influence operations from his perch leading the conservative watchdog Americans for Public Trust.
Facebook confirms what Americans for Public Trust has been reporting on for months Courier Newsroom is a fake news operation, Mr. Laxalt said.
Acronym has an affiliated political action committee called Pacronym that is largely unaffected by Facebooks rules change.
Mr. Zuckerberg said the company would start labeling politicians speech that violated its policies, prohibit more content from appearing in ads, and start new efforts to proactively remove false content in the final hours before an election.
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