by Darmi Msarko<\/p>\n
Today AFP reported that Facebook removed ads by President Donald Trump’s re-election campaign that contained a symbol used in Nazi Germany for political prisoners.<\/p>\n
The leading social network, which has drawn fire over its hands-off approach to political speech in recent months, said in a statement the campaign messages violated a policy against “organized hate” and were taken down as a result.<\/p>\n
“We don’t allow symbols that represent hateful organizations or hateful ideologies unless they are put up with context or condemnation,” Facebook head of security policy Nathaniel Gleicher said at a House of Representatives committee hearing.<\/p>\n
“That’s what we saw in this case with this ad, and anywhere that that symbol is used we would take the same actions.”<\/p>\n
Facebook’s move against the ads targeted when they contended are dangerous far-left groups comes amid heated debate between social platforms and political leaders on what content may be allowed or banned.<\/p>\n
In a tweet from a “Trump War Room,” the campaign contended the upside-down red triangle symbol at issue was “widely used” in reference to left-wing activist group Antifa.<\/p>\n
Watchdog group Media Matters replied with a tweet saying that is certainly not the case.<\/p>\n
Since early this month, the Trump campaign has been running “fearmongering” ads about what it says is a far-left group called “antifa,” according to Media Matters.<\/p>\n
The upside-down red triangle was apparently a new addition to the ad.<\/p>\n
“Despite violating Facebook’s terms of service, the ads were approved by Facebook in the first place,” said Media Matters president Angelo Carusone.<\/p>\n
Facebook has steadfastly rejected calls to fact-check politicians including a plea from Democratic White House hopeful Joe Biden to clamp down on what he called rampant disinformation from the White House.<\/p>\n
Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg has said the platform will steer away from moderating political speech but would enforce its rules barring content promoting harm.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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