Facebook stopped running the controversial anti-immigration ad from the Trump campaign. Many consider the ad racist, which prompted the social network giant’s action.
In a statement on Monday, the social network giant explained, “This ad violates Facebook’s advertising policy against sensational content so we are rejecting it. While the video is allowed to be posted on Facebook, it cannot receive paid distribution.”
On Sunday, the Trump campaign started running the anti-immigration. Its goal was to target voters in Arizona and Florida. Millions of voters saw the ad on Monday morning until Facebook halted it.
The Donald J. Trump for President, Inc. paid between $28,000 and $100,000 for the ad placement based Facebook’s political ad data.
A spokesperson for the social network giant stated that the Trump campaign’s anti-immigration content was mistakenly approved as paid advertisement. It will allow the video on its platform under its community standards.
“We have Community Standards that outline what is and isn’t allowed on Facebook. However, when it comes to ads on Facebook, we have a higher set of standards for what can run in an ad. Our Advertising Policies are more restrictive because they take paid distribution. Under our Community Standards, this video is allowed to be posted on Facebook,” according to the spokesperson.
