On Thursday, Facebook removed 88 ads posted by the accounts of President Donald Trump, the Trump campaign, and Vice President Mike Pence that the social media giant said were “violating our policy against organized hate.” Referring to a graphical element in the advertisements (an upside-down red triangle, which is a symbol used by the Nazi party in World War II to identify political dissidents in concentration camps), a Facebook spokesperson wrote, “Our policy prohibits using a banned hate group’s symbol to identify political prisoners without the context that condemns or discusses the symbol.”
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About Shelly Palmer
Shelly Palmer is the Professor of Advanced Media in Residence at Syracuse University’s S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications and CEO of The Palmer Group, a consulting practice that helps Fortune 500 companies with AI strategy, implementation and governance, as well as technology, media and marketing. Named one of LinkedIn’s Top Voices in Technology, he is a bestselling author, covers tech and business for Fox 5’s Good Day New York, is a regular commentator on CNN, and writes the popular daily business blog Think About This. Follow @shellypalmer or visit shellypalmer.com.