Tuesday, 27 October 2020
Facebook seems to be letting the Trump campaign run ads that break its rules
- The Trump campaign has run at least one ad on Facebook suggesting that he's won the 2020 election, which is a violation of Facebook's rules governing political advertising -- specifically, that ads which prematurely declare victory before the result is official aren't supposed to be allowed.
- A ban on political ads on Facebook went into effect Tuesday, and it will stay in place through this final week before the election.
- One exception to Facebook's political ad ban: If a political ad got at least one impression before the ban went into effect, it can be re-run despite the ban closer to Election Day 2020.
Even though Facebook has a rule banning political ads on the social network from being able to run with "premature claims of election victory," it seems that a Trump campaign ad suggesting that very thing has already run at least briefly on the world's largest social media platform.
Based on the Trump campaign's Facebook ad library data, which is viewable here, it seems as though only a small number of women apparently located in Maine saw this ad already. The ad itself, which you can check out here, features a narrator's voiceover intoning "It's morning in America" while a sun rises in the background with President Trump's face on it. The voiceover then switches to someone else proclaiming that "Donald J. Trump is still president of the United States" while angry faces in the ad are seen howling "NOOOO!" It has all the hallmarks and appearance of a Trump victory ad, complete with opponents lamenting their loss with screams -- which, again, would seem to flout Facebook's rules about a "premature" claim of election victory. Not only that, but the ad takes advantage of an exception to Facebook's policies around the ban on political ads that went into effect today.
Today's Top Deals
- Today’s top deals: Early Amazon Black Friday 2020 sale, $1.40 black KN95 masks, Clorox wipes, $17 portable speaker, more
- How to get the awesome MyQ smart garage door opener from Amazon for just $7.49
- The 5 best deals in today’s early Amazon Black Friday 2020 sale
Trending Right Now:
- Dr. Fauci is finally fed up with Trump’s continued attacks over coronavirus
- These are the coronavirus symptoms that are scaring scientists the most
- This deleted ‘Borat 2’ scene has everyone asking questions
Facebook seems to be letting the Trump campaign run ads that break its rules originally appeared on BGR.com on Tue, 27 Oct 2020 at 20:13:34 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
from BGR https://ift.tt/34wcVSN
No comments :
Post a Comment