Facebook said on Thursday that it had Removed Misleading Ads run by President Trump’s Re-Election Campaign about the 2020 Census, in a stand against Disinformation ahead of the Decennial Population Count that begins Next week.
Earlier this week, Trump Make America Great Again, a Joint Fund-Raising Arm of Donald J. Trump for President Inc. and the Republican National Committee (RNC), started Running Ads on the Social Media site that Facebook said could have Caused Confusion about the timing of the Census.
“President Trump needs you to take the Official 2020 Congressional District Census today. We need to hear from you before the most important election in American history,” the ad said. The campaign asked followers to “respond NOW” to help our campaign messaging strategy, with an appeal to text “TRUMP to 8022.”
The Ad linked the Census to the Trump Campaign, a Misrepresentation of the Official Government Survey, said Civil Rights Groups.
Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube, have come under pressure for their Handling of Political Speech and what has been a Piecemeal Approach to Policing their Platforms. Facebook has taken the most Permissive, and most Criticized, approach to Political Speech, allowing Candidates and their Campaigns to Post Misleading Information and Target those Messages to Specific Audiences.
But Facebook said on Thursday that the Trump Campaign’s Message Violated its Policy against Interference in the Census. Facebook Bars the Misrepresentation of Dates, Locations, Times, and Methods for Census Participation.
“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. Facebook does maintain some Exceptions to its Policy on Political Speech, including a Ban on Hate Speech and Speech that could Interfere with the Census.
Civil Rights Groups, which have been Warning Facebook about the Possibility of Disinformation around the Census, Alerted Facebook to the Misleading Ads Wednesday Evening. Judd Legum, a Reporter for the Newsletter Popular Information, First Reported about the Ads by Mr. Trump’s Campaign.
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