The New York Times ( NYT ) CEO , David Thompson , has accused Facebook of playing into the hands of " enemies of high - quality journalism " . Previously Thompson said the social network 's policy of labelling news as political , was a " threat to democracy " . The Times and other publishers have stopped publishing on Facebook to avoid their articles being deemed political , amid concerns the policy will conflate journalism with traditional political advertising .
The New York Times (NYT) CEO, Mark Thompson, has accused Facebook of playing into the hands of "enemies of high-quality journalism". Previously Thompson said the social network's policy of labelling news as political ads was a "threat to democracy". The NYT and other publishers have stopped spending on Facebook to prevent their articles being deemed political, amid concerns the policy will conflate journalism with traditional political advertising.