Facebook exempts news outlets from political ads transparency labels

Facebook pissed off journalists earlier this year when it announced that ads run by news publishers to promote their articles involving elected officials, candidates, and national issues would have to sport “paid for by labels and be included alongside political campaign ads in its ads transparency archive that launched in June, albeit in a separate section. The News Media Alliance representing 2,000 newspapers, including The New York Times and NewsCorp, plus other news organizations sent a letter to Mark Zuckerberg in June protesting their inclusion.