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lapucelle

(18,037 posts)
Fri Jan 31, 2020, 08:26 PM Jan 2020

Teen Vogue faces backlash over article about Facebook's election efforts

The article was labeled "sponsored content" before disappearing altogether.

A Teen Vogue story that featured interviews with Facebook executives involved in the social network's efforts to protect the integrity of the 2020 election has disappeared from the popular site after critics worried it was an advertorial.

Teen Vogue appears to have deleted the story, in which five senior Facebook employees described steps the social network was taking to prevent Facebook from being used to influence the election. Clicking on the Teen Vogue link takes you to a page that reads, "Unfortunately this page does not exist. Please check your URL or return to the Homepage."

An archived version of the story is available on the Internet Archive's Wayback Machine.

The article immediately prompted critics on Twitter to question whether the story, which didn't include an author byline, was paid for by Facebook, a practice known as an advertorial or sponsored content. Business Insider, which earlier reported on the Teen Vogue article, said the story was amended at one point to include an editor's note labeling the piece as sponsored content, before it was removed entirely.

https://www.cnet.com/news/teen-vogue-faces-backlash-over-article-about-facebooks-election-efforts/

An uncritical Teen Vogue story about Facebook caused bewilderment about whether it's sponsored content before the entire article vanished

https://www.businessinsider.com/teen-vogue-story-on-facebook-prompts-sponsored-content-questions-vanishes-2020-1

The archived story that appeared in Teen Vogue:

https://web.archive.org/web/20200108170304/https://www.teenvogue.com/story/how-facebook-is-helping-ensure-the-integrity-of-the-2020-election
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Teen Vogue faces backlash over article about Facebook's election efforts (Original Post) lapucelle Jan 2020 OP
Teen Vogue has been surprisingly awesome re Trump renate Jan 2020 #1
Incredible that teen vogue has been such a source of great commentary. Kurt V. Jan 2020 #2
Young girls and women read it. It's good to know what kind of spin and propaganda lapucelle Jan 2020 #3
+1000 Kurt V. Jan 2020 #4
good article... stillcool Jan 2020 #5

lapucelle

(18,037 posts)
3. Young girls and women read it. It's good to know what kind of spin and propaganda
Fri Jan 31, 2020, 08:35 PM
Jan 2020

Zuckerberg is trying to serve up to the next generation of voters.

stillcool

(32,626 posts)
5. good article...
Fri Jan 31, 2020, 08:49 PM
Jan 2020

I don't get why the backlash, and why the story disappeared? Seems pretty informative to me.

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