Meta is now allowing lies about the 2020 election in political ads
Meta will allow political ads on its platforms to question the outcome of the 2020 US presidential election, part of a rollback in election-related content moderation among major social media platforms over the past year ahead of the 2024 US presidential contest.
The policy means that Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, will be able to directly profit from political ads that boost false claims about the legitimacy of the 2020 election. While the company will allow political advertisements to claim that past elections, including the 2020 presidential race, were rigged, it will prohibit those that “call into question the legitimacy of an upcoming or ongoing election.”
The change is part of a year-old policy update but has not been widely reported. The Wall Street Journal reported Meta’s ads policy change earlier Wednesday.
Infine this statement quite contradictory considering it's on a decentralized social network whose main selling point is giving companies LESS control on what actually get on platforms
What?
Please explain?
I think you might mean "ironic," not "contradictory."
This is like saying open source software is less secure because you can see the code.
No, it's like saying that seeking a network with less moderation where everyone can set up their own instance, will lead to less moderated content