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Requirements
To qualify for Facebook news Page registration, Pages must:
- Publish in an eligible language
- Publish as a news entity, not an individual, and reflect the judgment of a multi-person editorial staff
- Primarily create journalism that reports on current events or timely information, and that is not parody or satire
- Be active in the last 90 days
- Have existed for at least 90 days
- Link to a functioning website with a verified domain
- Confirm its ownership and identity through business verification
- Comply with Facebook’s Community Standards, Pages Policy and Platform Policy
- Comply with our Advertising Policies and Monetization Eligibility Standards, if the Page chooses to advertise or monetize
- Have a name that reflects a relationship to its associated website or owning business.
- Have the majority of its posted links come from the website verified for news Page registration.
Additionally, content published by the Page should:
- Cite and/or link to fact-based sources for published information
- Include dates/timestamps
- Provide transparent information about writers or editors (e.g., full names of writers in bios, or of writers and editors in a staff directory)
- Not be user-generated or aggregated from other websites, primarily
- Not have shared misinformation recently or repeatedly
- Clearly distinguish news content from affiliate, promotional, advertising and marketing content, so users can easily tell the difference. Additionally, advertising and promotional content should not exceed the amount of news content
- We will also take into account the press freedom environment in which a publisher operates
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News Page registration confirms with Facebook that your business is an authentic news source so that you get access to, or are considered for, additional news tools that benefit Facebook news publishers.
Registration also helps Facebook identify the full and diverse ecosystem of news Pages on the platform, so better tools can be created for you.
Registration also helps Facebook identify the full and diverse ecosystem of news Pages on the platform, so better tools can be created for you.
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- Add your website to your Facebook PageThe website should lead to the news content featured on your Page.
- Verify your businessBusiness verification allows Facebook to check the authenticity of an organization so Facebook can grant it access to the features it needs. Business Manager administrators can do this in Business Manager.
- Verify your website's domainDomain verification confirms that your news business has ownership of the website listed on your Facebook Page. Business Manager administrators can do this in Business Manager.
- Submit your applicationSubmission is just a few clicks in Business Manager. Business administrators who have access to the Page in Business Manager can submit an application.
- Tell Facebook more about your publicationShare optional information about your Page like logos and editorial policies to give people more background about the publishers and articles they see on Facebook.
- Grant Facebook access to your paywall contentFor publishers with paywalls, your webmaster or the team managing your paywall will need to give access to the news content on your website as part of the review process.
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