Assuming you’re talking away from goals, then it surely is per instructions from their bosses, even more so than traditionally because it helps to make the whole “HOLD” thing work.
Took me less time to find this example from tonight than it will take to write this, with the ump blowing time back on because he is satisfied the Sydney player is in the correct position. He’s off by 10 metres; the man on the mark should be shielding the goal ump from his view.
They simply don’t care what the Laws of the Game say.