What is labelled state-controlled media on Facebook?

Facebook defines "state-controlled media" as media outlets that Facebook believes may be partially or wholly under the editorial control of their government, based on our own research and assessment against a set of criteria developed for this purpose. We hold these Pages to a higher standard of transparency because we believe that they combine the influence of a media organisation with the backing of a state.
Facebook seeks to identify these organisations by using our definition and standards to review their ownership, governance, sources of funding and processes that may help ensure editorial independence. As these organisations are identified, a label will appear under the Page transparency section. Labels will be applied on a rolling basis to organisations globally when we determine that publishers meet our criteria, outlined below, which we use to assess the likelihood that they may be under the partial or whole editorial control of their government.
We appreciate that not all organisations will agree with Facebook's assessment. Organisations that believe they have been mislabelled can submit an appeal. This appeals form can only be viewed by someone with Facebook access with full control of the Page.
Note: We do not consider public media organisations that are publicly financed, retain a public service mission and demonstrate independent editorial control to be state-controlled media under our definition and will not apply the label to these organisations at this time.
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