In order to stop recommending political content, Meta will have to define what counts as 'political' - a problematic task, to say the least.
Much of tech journalism these days amounts to the rewriting of press releases and corporate blog posts. A good example of this came on Friday, when the blogosphere cranked out one post after another that dutifully regurgitated the announcement of Meta’s decision to no longer amplify “political” content on Instagram and Threads from accounts that users don’t follow -- in a presidential election year, no less.
This is a bad idea for so many reasons, and to understand why just look at Meta's unsatisfying and banal definition of what counts as political content. It's content that, and I quote, is 'potentially related to things like laws, elections, or social topics.' Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg speaks at an event in New York City. If, again, you look beyond the press release, it becomes all-too-apparent how bizarre an endeavor is.
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