By Euronews with AP
Facebook has removed campaign ads funded by the Trump campaign due to the use of a symbol previously used by Nazis to identify political prisoners in concentration camps.
The symbol, an inverted red triangle, was used in a Trump campaign ad to denounce Antifa, a large anti-fascist movement that Trump claims is responsible for violent protests in the United States.
Facebook said in a statement that the ad “violated their policy against organised hate.”
“We don’t allow symbols that represent hateful organisations or hateful ideologies. You obviously want to be careful to allow someone to put up a symbol to condemn it or to discuss it,” said Nathaniel Gleicher the head of security policy at Facebook at a US congressional hearing.
Facebook has removed campaign ads funded by the Trump campaign due to the use of a symbol previously used by Nazis to identify political prisoners in concentration camps.
The symbol, an inverted red triangle, was used in a Trump campaign ad to denounce Antifa, a large anti-fascist movement that Trump claims is responsible for violent protests in the United States.
Facebook said in a statement that the ad “violated their policy against organised hate.”
“We don’t allow symbols that represent hateful organisations or hateful ideologies. You obviously want to be careful to allow someone to put up a symbol to condemn it or to discuss it,” said Nathaniel Gleicher the head of security policy at Facebook at a US congressional hearing.
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