Elizabeth Warren calls Facebook a 'censor' for

Facebook denied to conduct an ad on its social network from US presidential hopeful Elizabeth Warren because it said the advertisement used its logo.
Facebook subsequently reversed path and unblocked it, however, the episode highlights the company’s extraordinary capability to regulate online speech.
The leftwing Democratic politician then blasted Facebook in a tweet, calling it a”censor.”

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Politico reported on Monday the Silicon Valley social networking giant had blocked advertisements by the leftwing Democratic Party that touted her plan to take regulatory action to divide Facebook, Amazon, and Google if she becomes the next US president, citing their”vast authority over our economy and our democracy.”

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Facebook’s advertisement policies place limitations on how advertisers may use Facebook’s trademarks and new names, in an endeavor to prevent misleading ads or ones that might appear to imply Facebook is endorsing the advertiser. It’s this principle that Facebook states Elizabeth Warren’s campaign violated.

Even a Facebook spokesperson told the news outlet that Facebook”removed the ads because they breached our policies use of our company logo” — but that it might reestablish them”in the benefit of permitti… Read More