Al Jazeera is feuding with Facebook over a plan to label some outlets 'state controlled'
that it would be making changes to its policies in order to "stop abuse and election interference." One of those changes is the promise to make "state-controlled media" identifiable for Facebook users.
According to the language used in the announcement, Facebook's initiative defines these organizations as those which are "wholly or partially under the editorial control of their government." Al Jazeera Media Network — along with other news organizations like Russia Today — is facing the possibility of this label. But it doesn't know exactly why.
The social network says media companies that fall into this category need to be held to a higher standard of transparency as "they combine the opinion-making influence of a media organization with the strategic backing of a state." But the companies feel they've received no transparency from Facebook as it builds out this list of state-controlled media organizations.
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