Tired of all those phony advertisements on Facebook that promise free new items such as laptops or an iPhone, only to find out that there will be huge expenses before you actually get one? Thankfully, Facebook has declared that it will be more vigilant on evaluating and approving advertisements from various companies.
Due to many complaints, the social networking site updated its advertising guidelines in January. The new rules indicated that misleading, deceitful, and phony ads are no longer allowed. (To view the complete advertising guidelines, click HERE.)
However, there were still several ads that do and did not follow the new ads policies. So Facebook declared March 11th of this year as the deadline for advertisers to remove fraudulent ads and for these companies to stop submitting similar ads in the future. Untrustworthy ads that had remained active after the deadline were removed and are continually being deleted from the site.
The social networking site had also warned hard-headed advertisers that if they continue to publish these fraudulent ads, Facebook will be forced to impose penalties that may include the loss of their beta tools as well as permanent loss of their advertising benefits.
Facebook users have placed a lot of trust on the social networking site and expect the site not to break it. Fortunately, users can count on the site to be alert for deceptive ads. After all, the website’s profits are generated partly from ads. If there are bad ads on the site, users will no longer click on any ads, making advertising on Facebook worthless, and eventually lessening Facebook’s income. It is a relationship that benefits both parties.
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