SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Facebook Inc on Thursday removed ads by President Donald Trump’s re-election campaign that asked users to fill out an “Official 2020 Congressional District Census” because the ads violate the company’s policy against misinformation on the government’s census.
FILE PHOTO: Stickers bearing the Facebook logo are pictured at Facebook Inc’s F8 developers conference in San Jose, California, U.S., April 30, 2019. REUTERS/Stephen Lam
The ads, which come from the pages of the Republican president and Vice President Mike Pence, link to a survey on an official campaign website and then to a page asking for donations.
“We need Patriotic Americans like YOU to respond to this census, so we can develop a winning strategy for YOUR STATE,” the ad read.
The online newsletter Popular Information, which first reported on the ads, said Facebook had originally said they did not violate its policy.
Civil rights advocates said they pushed Facebook to remove the ads and Facebook confirmed it re-reviewed them.
The social media company, which has come under fire for allowing politicians to run m