On Monday, a company spokesperson said Facebook had made a mistake by blocking a pro-Biden ad presented by 'Democratic Political Action Committee Priorities USA', as it felt the video was in violation of a policy made against its sensational content. The company later removed the block ban on this video. Yes, recently a company spokesperson has called this mistake an 'enforcement error'.
Apart from this, it also said that Facebook had not approved this advertisement because in this video President Donald Trump had threatened to end Obamacare. Yes, in this there was a presidential candidate (which was a clip of Biden) from the Democratic Party, in which he was seen challenging them to do so. A screenshot of the rejection notice has been sent by Facebook by strategist Josh Schwerin of ProAeritage USA. If considered, Facebook blocked the post citing its policy against advertisements containing shocking, sensational, inflammatory or highly violent content.
Yes, Facebook has been criticized every time for the policy made to ban its platform on political speeches. Apart from this, Facebook has been considered wrong even if the posts of political people are exempted without fact checking. Facebook has made strict rules for external groups like PAC. In fact, earlier this had stopped the Republican PAC from posting advertisements, because the company's Fact Check team had labeled the post made by the PAC as misleading.
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