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says that he accidentally silenced the advertising of a pro-life organization in the social network. But the pro-life group says that this alleged accident has been happening again and again.
The spectacle of a social media giant from Silicon Valley is also happening again, who is pleased to tell advertisers how efficiently and accurately they can convey marketing messages, explaining that, somehow, they still can not figure out how to allow the transmission of a political announcement. Participant for a long time in the national debate.
A national organization that supports the campaign of US Senate nominee Marsha Blackburn said Thursday that Facebook was censoring an ad that supported the Tennessee Republican.
Susan B. Anthony List, a nonprofit organization based in Washington, DC aimed at ending abortion in the United States, said on Twitter that Facebook had banned a new 30-second ad.
The announcement raises questions about Blackburn's opponent, Democrat Phil Bredesen, and his views on abortion.
A Facebook spokesman told USA TODAY NETWORK - Tennessee that the announcement was accidentally removed and that it has since been restored.
"This announcement does not violate Facebook's policies and should never have been disapproved," the spokesperson said. "We regret this error: the ad has been restored and is now being published on Facebook."
Of course, it's wonderful to know that the company is trying to be the neutral communications platform that it claims to be. But how hard is it to try? Just a few hours after the Tennessean report included the most serious Facebook apology, Susan B. Anthony List said on Twitter that another of her ads was being blocked by Facebook, related to another nearby Senate contest in Montana.
Last night Fox News reported another. excuse From Facebook. Whether this last message of regret was generated by a human or an algorithm is not clear. Maybe someone was leaning on a keyboard to explain why the social network had blocked an organization named by a legendary defender of women's rights, including the right to life.
For those who wonder about the sincerity or technical competence of Facebook, Susan B. Anthony List has been around since 1992 and some versions of blocked ads have been on television for years.
At least for the moment it seems that they can also appear on Facebook. "At this point, all ads are up and running," Mallory Quigley of the SBA List reports by email. He adds that four different ads created by his organization "have been suspended and then approved several times in the last month."
If Representative Blackburn and her pro-life supporters feel that they are not getting fair treatment from social media companies, it seems they have a good reason. But at least Facebook has affirmed an exceptional commitment to freedom of expression. News that consumers can remember this office since 2017:
Facebook's Chief Operating Officer, Sheryl Sandberg, told Axios that Facebook would post the announcement of Marsha Blackburn announcing her campaign in the Senate, which said that Planned Parenthood sold "baby's body parts" and was eliminated by Twitter, although Sandberg said that she personally did not agree with the opinions expressed in the announcement. . "When you cut the speech for one person, you cut the speech for other people," he said.
Maybe some employees of social media companies are tempted to simply cut off the speech of a certain type of person, the type who does not agree with them.
"The technology workers were surprised by Trump's victory, they are now helping the Democratic campaigns." Announced a headline in the Washington Post on Tuesday. To be clear, the post of the Post's Cat Zakrzewski is about technology people volunteering to provide left-wing organizations with perfectly legitimate assistance, such as cybersecurity training to thwart malicious hackers.
Voters in the right half of the political spectrum have lately had many reasons to wonder whether employees of giant Internet companies are also supporting their favorite causes at work.
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Background stories of the day
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"Another NASA spacecraft runs out of steam, the second this week," Associated Press, November 1
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Mr. Freeman is the co-author of "Time borrowed, "Now available in HarperBusiness.
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