Facebook Removes Trump Campaign Ads – Saying They Violate Their Census Policy

Facebook Removes Trump Campaign Ads – Saying They Violate Their Census Policy

Tech Giants Google and Facebook continue to purge conservative content from platforms — They are hiding conservative pro-Trump news on Google — They are shadow-banning conservative news on all social media platforms. 

In February 2018 Facebook launched a new algorithm to ensure that conservative news would not spread on the social media platform. 

The algorithm change caused President Donald Trump’s engagement on Facebook posts to plummet a whopping 45%. 

In contrast, Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and Bernie Sanders (I-VT) did not appear to have suffered a comparable decline in Facebook engagement. 

Top pro-Trump Facebook pages with daily traffic in the millions have seen 75% to 95% drop in traffic since the 2016 election. Young Cons, Western Journalism, SarahPalin.com, Independent Journal Review, Right Wing News, and several others have seen dramatic loss in traffic. Many are no longer publishing.

Facebook Inc. FB -3.44% removed Trump campaign ads that referred to a census, saying they violated a company policy aimed at preventing disinformation and other interference with the nationwide 2020 census, which goes online next week. 

The ads, which began running on the social network this week, asked people to take the “Official 2020 Congressional District Census” and then directed users to a website for fundraising to support Mr. Trump’s reelection. “The information we gather from this survey will help us craft our strategies for YOUR CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT,” the ads said. 

Facebook said Thursday that it was the first time the company removed a Trump campaign ad for violating its census interference policy. 

“There are policies to prevent confusion around the U.S. Census, and this is an example of those being enforced,” a Facebook spokesman said. 

The ads were paid for by Trump Make America Great Again Committee, a joint fundraising committee of Donald J. Trump for President Inc. and the Republican National Committee. Spokespeople for Mr. Trump’s reelection effort didn’t respond to requests for comment.