"Earlier this week, Facebook took down several Trump campaign ads over alleged violations of their advertising policies .
They must have been terrible, horribly offensive ads, right?
Heck, even I thought they must have been tasteless ads that were reasonably taken down... and then I saw one of the offensive ads:
That's right. The above ad violated Facebook's advertising policies.
What did this and other offensive Trump ads do that was so terrible?
They targeted women.
They targeted women.
The website Popular Information explains:
Facebook's advertising guidelines list thirty varieties of prohibited content. Number twelve on the list prohibits ads that target "personal attributes." Facebook says ads must not include "direct or indirect assertions or implications about a person’s... gender identity."
Trump's ad is clearly prohibited, but Facebook allowed it to run until an inquiry by Popular Information. "We've notified the campaign that the ads violate policy. They can’t continue to run unless fixed," a Facebook spokesperson told Popular Information.
According to a report from The Hill, it was Popular Information’s inquiry to Facebook that got the ad taken down.
A spokesperson for Facebook told The Hill, “We've notified the campaign that the ads violate policy.
They cannot continue to run unless fixed.”
So, let me get this straight.
The Trump campaign runs an ad that says "The Women for Trump Coalition needs the support of strong Women like you" and somehow that’s so offensive that it violates Facebook’s ad policies?..."
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The Trump campaign runs an ad that says "The Women for Trump Coalition needs the support of strong Women like you" and somehow that’s so offensive that it violates Facebook’s ad policies?..."
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