Photo: ReutersFacebook says it took down posts and ads run by the re-election campaign of US President Donald Trump for violating its policy against organised hate. The ads showed a red inverted triangle, a symbol the Nazis used to identify political prisoners, with text asking Facebook users to sign a petition against antifa, a loosely organised anti-fascist movement. "Our policy prohibits using a banned hate group's symbol to identify political prisoners without the context that condemns or discusses the symbol," said a Facebook company spokesperson. The symbol was in Facebook ads run on pages belonging to Trump and Vice President Mike Pence, as well as on ads and organic posts on the "Team Trump" page. Facebook has previously removed Trump campaign ads, including ones that violated the company's policy against misinformation on the government's census.

Source: Otago Daily Times June 18, 2020 20:37 UTC