As Meta, parent company of Facebook, Instagram and Whatsapp, plans to role out its monetization features, starting with Instagram, for Nigerians from June, 2024, many Nigerians are eager to know what is in stock for them when the features are launched.
Meta has well stated policies that must be followed to the letter if you desire to earn from their platforms. Some of these policies includes restrictions on certain categories of persons who cannot be monetized on the Meta platforms.
This article will discuss these categories and why they cannot be monetized. It will also suggests ways people who fall into this categories can still get monetized on Meta by exploring alternative strategies.
Here are 5 categories of persons who do not qualify to get monetized on the Meta platforms. They fall are categorized as political office holders or political entities.
They are:
- Current elected and appointed government officials
- Current political candidates
- Political parties
- Registered political committees
- Government agencies and departments
If you fall into any of these categories, you are ineligible for Meta monetization in Nigeria and anywhere in the world.
This is because Meta consider political entities as public servants hose contents should be served to the public as part of their obligations to tax payers. Hence, such content should not be monetized.
Meta restrictions on political entities extends to electoral and political ads. Such ads require verification of identity and affiliations before advertisers can be allowed to run political and election ads.
How to Beat The Meta Restriction Policy on Political Office Holders and Still Get Monetized on Meta
Although, Meta has open restrictions on political entities who apply for monetization on its platforms, if you belong in any of these categories, you can still get monetized on Meta but not as an entity representing your official position.
This can be done by opening and operating another page, running it as a business page that is not tied nor affiliated to your political office. To make it easier, you can get your pages tied to a verified business account on Facebook.
This way, you get as many pages as you want monetized as long as they create and share authentic and original contents with good engagements.
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