Facebook removed the Trump campaign ads for violating its policy against misleading references to the U.S. census. The platform had initially said they could remain but removed them after complaints from House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.
1. In Decemeber, Facebook pledged to remove ANY content with misleading information about how to participate in the Census.
Now, the Trump campaign is running 1000+ Facebook ads promoting a fake 2020 Census
Facebook tells me it will take no actionhttps://t.co/YwXT2Y91EI
— Judd Legum (@JuddLegum) March 5, 2020
BREAKING: This AM https://t.co/Gl6evXRDcZ reported that the Trump campaign was running 1K+ ads on Facebook promoting a fake 2020 Census and Facebook will take no action
Just now, Facebook reversed course and said they will remove all the Trump census adshttps://t.co/YwXT2Y91EI
— Judd Legum (@JuddLegum) March 5, 2020