Facebook Changes Process For User Restrictions On Like Button

Facebook announced that it is tightening up control over the targeted audience for its like button by requiring page administrators to include metatags in their URLs specifying the restrictions.

Facebook announced that it is tightening up control over the targeted audience for its like button by requiring page administrators to include metatags in their URLs specifying the restrictions.

The social network explained in a post on its developer blog that it implemented the change to ensure that users don’t see like buttons or like stories where they shouldn’t, saying:

Currently when you point a Like button at a URL with the proper metatags, we create an admin page through which you can establish the same age-gating controls that are available to Facebook pages.

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