Facebook mentioned on Thursday it’ll resume making donations to US lawmakers by its political motion committee however won’t assist 147 lawmakers who voted towards US President Joe Biden’s electoral certification in January.
The firm had suspended all donations within the wake of the January 6 Capitol assault pending a assessment.
An organization spokesman confirmed the choice to resume donations. The resolution was reported earlier by BuzzFeed.
The firm didn’t say how lengthy the ban on donations to the Republicans who voted towards certification will final.
In different Facebook-related information, the social media platform mentioned on Wednesday that it might take “stronger” motion towards individuals who repeatedly share misinformation on the platform.
Facebook will cut back the distribution of all posts in its information feed from a consumer account if it regularly shares content material that has been flagged as false by one of many firm’s fact-checking companions, the social media large mentioned in a weblog put up.
It added that it was additionally launching methods to inform individuals if they’re interacting with content material that has been rated by a fact-checker.
False claims and conspiracies have proliferated on social media platforms, together with Facebook and Twitter, throughout the COVID-19 pandemic.
“Whether it’s false or misleading content about COVID-19 and vaccines, climate change, elections or other topics, we’re making sure fewer people see misinformation on our apps,” the corporate mentioned in a press release.
Earlier this yr, Facebook mentioned it took down 1.3 billion faux accounts between October and December, forward of an inspection by the US House Committee on Energy and Commerce into how expertise platforms are tackling misinformation.
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