Facebook Requires Developers to Choose Third-Party Ad Networks from New Whitelist

A couple weeks ago, Facebook quietly introduced a new page to its developer site, listing all of the ad networks that it has approved for developers to use in applications — meaning those that have signed on to the ad provider platform terms.

The page, and a company developer blog post published last Friday, state that all developers can only choose ad providers from this list. Providers who are not listed cannot be used.

A list of ad providers existed for years in the now-removed developer wiki, but Facebook didn’t require developers to only pick from the list.

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