Facebook removes Trump campaign ads over census confusion

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Source: POLITICO





It was a rare action by Facebook to take down content posted by Trump.


“There are policies in place to prevent confusion around the official U.S. Census and this is an example of those being enforced," Facebook said in a statement. | Alexander Koerner/Getty Images

By STEVEN OVERLY 03/05/2020 04:26 PM EST


Facebook said it will remove ads from President Donald Trump that invoked the U.S. Census when directing people to his reelection campaign's website, saying they violated policies against causing confusion about the nationwide count.

It was a rare action by Facebook to take down content posted by Trump, who has used the giant social media platform as a major element of both his presidential campaigns.



The ads in question urged people to complete an "Official 2020 Congressional District Census" to help "defeat the Democrats and the FAKE NEWS." The ad linked to a survey on the Trump campaign's website that asked people about their political views on issues like immigration, military spending and the economy, before ultimately asking them to donate money to the campaign.

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The ads were brought to light by Popular Information, a newsletter created by journalist Judd Legum, who founded the website ThinkProgress and worked on Hillary Clinton's 2008 presidential campaign. Facebook initially told the publication that the ads did not violate its policies before reversing course, Legum wrote.

Earlier in the day, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi chastised Facebook's initial decision.

"We told them to take down that site," Pelosi said. "It's a lie and it undermines who are are. It may be good for their profits, but that's what's counts for them. It's not what counts for us and the Census."
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Read more: https://www.politico.com/news/2020/03/05/facebook-removes-trump-campaign-ad-122374

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A good start--Lets hope it continues.

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[bucolic_frolic]

1. Antitrust litigation someday hopefully

And don't do it like AT&T which was broken into 7 or 10 parts and is now reassembled in 4 or 5.

Break it into a gazillion pieces. Like Standard Oil.

[GulfCoast66]

8. I hate them, have never been on Facebook. But don't see how that works.

Traditionally, monopolies are necessities where the user only has one choice. They can be broken up regionally. How do you break up a universally available product that people can join or not?

I’m not necessarily disagreeing with you or being snarky. But what’s to prevent people from joining the social media site they choose? So we break it up into 5 companies. Nothing stopping people from immediately rejoining the ‘real’ Facebook.

[Cadfael]

2. Well Hallelujah

They did the right thing once.....Gonna take a lot more of this to impress me.

[kimbutgar]

3. I wonder if Facebook has seen a drop off in participants?

[mysteryowl]

4. Nice!

[Roy Rolling]

5. "Census Confusion"

They called it an “official” census form and then argued it wasn’t official. That isn’t confusion, that is fraud.

[sinkingfeeling]

6. Now that's a surprise.

[AZ8theist]

7. I don't Fascist Book.

Couldn't care less what they do/don't do. Fuckerberg is all in the bag for Doturd. Fuck him.

[Vivienne235729]

10. +1000 yea. I am weening myself off of fb bc of zuck defending lies

And propaganda as free speech. No thanks.

[pecosbob]

9. Cue the hostile takeover threat from right-wing billionaire

[Miguelito Loveless]

12. Zuck IS a hostile right-wing billionaire

he is just doing this for show. Will back down when commanded.

[Miguelito Loveless]

11. Trump will bark at them

and they will put them back up.