This archive report was first published on 19 June 2020.
Facebook Removes Trump Ads for Violating Hate Policy ¶
On June 18, 2020, Facebook removed a set of ads from President Trump's main Facebook page, the 'Team Trump' campaign page, and Vice-President Mike Pence's Facebook page for violating its policy against organized hate.
The ads, which began running on June 17, 2020, featured a red triangle symbol, which the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) compared to the Nazi regime's symbol for classifying political prisoners in concentration camps.
According to Facebook's political ad library, the ads were seen almost one million times in Facebook users' feeds on Trump's page alone.
Responding to the removal, Tim Murtaugh, director of communications for the Trump campaign, insisted that the red triangle is a 'symbol used by Antifa.'
However, the ADL pointed out that its database is not a database of historical Nazi symbols, but of symbols commonly used by modern extremists in the US.
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg was criticized last month for not taking action on a Trump post that said 'looting' leads to 'shooting,' amid racial unrest across the country.
