Facebook slaps labels on Chinese and Russian state-controlled media amid anger over Trump’s posts


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Facebook plans to stop state-controlled media organisations from China, Russia and elsewhere from buying ads in the US ahead of November’s presidential election. Photo: Reuters World / United States & Canada Facebook slaps labels on Chinese and Russian state-controlled media amid anger over Trump’s posts Warnings will be added to pages of Xinhua News, People’s Daily, Russia Today and Sputnik, among others Company has faced backlash from employees for not adding labels to comments from US president linked to ongoing violence against George Floyd protesters