Facebook ran an ad for 5 days from a GOP Congressional candidate that urged people to shoot “looting hoards from Atlanta”; ad removed after journalist inquiry
Whether He Likes It or Not Nate Lanxon / Bloomberg : Questioned by lawmakers from the UK's DCMS committee, Monika Bickert claims to have not seen the open letter critical of Facebook from former Facebook employees Asif Shaik / iPhone Hacks : Apple's Website Goes Black with Tim Cook's Message on Racism amid George Floyd Protests Christopher Baugh / iPhone in Canada Blog : Tim Cook Speaks Out Against Racism and Injustice in Sobering Letter Tweets: Todd Vaziri / @tvaziri : Facebook employees who are actually human beings: your company makes money doing things like this. https://twitter.com/... Mat Velloso / @matvelloso : Facebook let this ad run for 5 days. An ad from a politician. And only took it down because they were called out. https://twitter.com/... @lolgop : He isn't worth $80 billion but Judd is much better at running Facebook than Mark Zuckerberg. https://twitter.com/... @kathieallenmd : This is a disgusting breach of ethics, even for Zuckerberg. https://twitter.com/... Mattathias Schwartz / @schwartzesque : Instead of taking responsibility for their own product, Facebook, with its $650 billion market cap, is still relying on unpaid labor from outsiders. https://twitter.com/... Aram Zucker-Scharff / @chronotope : This is such a great way of putting the core problem. Facebook makes so much net profit. It could invest some of that effectively in hiring people with the skills involved in looking for, finding and holding this stuff to account. It chooses not to. https://twitter.com/... Gale Anne Hurd / @gunnergale : Let me say it again: #DeleteFacebook It's one positive thing all of us can do to help heal America. And you can do it from your couch. #DeleteFacebookNow What are you waiting for? https://twitter.com/... Judd Legum / @juddlegum : UPDATE: On Wedneday, another Congressional candidate in Georgia, began running an Faceboook ad advocating violence In the ad, Green cocks a semi-automatic rifle while she delivers a message to “ANTIFA terrorists”: “Stay the hell out of Northwest Georgia” https://popular.info/... https://twitter.com/... Judd Legum / @juddlegum : 3. While Facebook removed the ad, they did not respond to my request for comment. But they have a serious problem with politicians paying them money to distribute violent content. I'll let you know if I hear back https://popular.info/... https://twitter.com/... @grammygc5 : Ex-staffers sent an open letter to Zuckerberg, the company's policy of allowing political speech to go largely unchecked was a “betrayal of the ideals FB claims.” When will Zuckerberg stand up to DJT and do what is right? #OneVoice1 #Dems4USA #DemCast https://www.npr.org/... Carole Cadwalladr / @carolecadwalla : This is shocking. Facebook ad urging people to shoot looters ran for 5 days & seen by 50,000 people. Kudos to @JuddLegum for getting it down. But cd Zuck pls answer this: ‘How am I, a guy sitting on his couch with a laptop, able to identify this kind of content before Facebook?’ https://twitter.com/... Jennifer Hale / @jhaletweets : .@Facebook sucks and is a destructive platform. please start a list of any viable alternatives you have used and like. https://twitter.com/... Judd Legum / @juddlegum : 5. How am I, a guy sitting on his couch with a laptop, able to identify this kind of content before Facebook? I'm not sure. But for more accountability journalism that holds powerful corporations accountable, check out my newsletter —> https://popular.info/... Annie Shields / @anastasiakeeley : Facebook will preemptively block your ad from running if you use an image that has text taking up more than 20% of the picture. https://twitter.com/... Judd Legum / @juddlegum : 4. The incident suggests Facebook doesn't care that much if politicians use the platform to disseminate violent content Facebook had $4.9B in profit in the first three months of 2020 If it wanted to stop this kind of content, it could https://popular.info/... Lance Ulanoff / @lanceulanoff : Facebook employee: I don't know. Correct me if I'm wrong. Besides Maxine, everyone you've listed is white, correct? Mark Zuckerberg: That's correct. https://www.vox.com/... Marcus Baram / @mbaram : Amazing that Facebook allowed this ad to run—weeks after the controversy over its content—until @JuddLegum started asking questions about it. https://popular.info/... https://twitter.com/... Judd Legum / @juddlegum : 3. “We removed this ad, which advocates the use of deadly weapons against a clearly defined group of people, for violating our policies against inciting violence,” Facebook spokesman Andy Stone said. But why was it allowed to run for more than 5 days? https://popular.info/...