BREAKING: Facebook takes down Trump ads featuring symbol used by Nazis to mark political prisoners
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Facebook on Thursday took down Trump campaign ads against antifa that prominently featured a symbol used by Nazis to designate political prisoners, a spokesperson for the company confirmed to The Hill.
The ads featured an inverted red triangle, which was used by Nazis to identify political opponents including communists, social democrats and liberals.
The article goes on to state the following:
The symbol was included in ads run by pages for President Trump, Vice President Pence and “Team Trump” alongside text warning readers of “Dangerous MOBS of far-left groups” and asking them to sign a petition against Antifa, a loose group of radical activists that use direct action to fight against fascism.
“We removed these posts and ads for violating our policy against organized hate,” Facebook said in a statement. “Our policy prohibits using a banned hate group’s symbol to identify political prisoners without the context that condemns or discusses the symbol.”
The Trump campaign responded in a statement that said, “The inverted red triangle is a symbol used by Antifa, so it was included in an ad about Antifa. We would note that Facebook still has an inverted red triangle emoji in use, which looks exactly the same, so it’s curious that they would target only this ad. The image is also not included in the Anti-Defamation League’s database of symbols of hate. But it is ironic that it took a Trump ad to force the media to implicitly concede that Antifa is a hate group.”
.@RepSwalwell asks about Facebook removing President Trump ads which included a Nazi symbol.
Facebook Head of Cyber Security Policy @ngleicher: “We don’t allow symbols that represent hateful organizations or hateful ideologies unless they’re put up with context or condemnation.” pic.twitter.com/1uZTpm9Ui3
— CSPAN (@cspan) June 18, 2020
The Nazis used red triangles to identify their political victims in concentration camps. Using it to attack political opponents is highly offensive. @POTUS‘ campaign needs to learn its history, as ignorance is no excuse for using Nazi-related symbols. https://t.co/7R7aGLD7kl
— Jonathan Greenblatt (@JGreenblattADL) June 18, 2020
Facebook let the Trump campaign run 88 ads with inverted red triangle — an infamous Nazi symbol https://t.co/7eG1V9gNS8 pic.twitter.com/4yqTJgymr5
— Media Matters (@mmfa) June 18, 2020
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