Censoring Marsha Blackburn

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_Water Dog
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Censoring Marsha Blackburn

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So, what's up with this? Facebook banned a perfectly reasonable political ad? Apparently Google has been doing the same to Blackburn as well.

https://Twitter.com/SBAList/status/1057986489278185477

https://Twitter.com/SBAList/status/1058092061273083905

Why? Might it have anything to do with this?

Rep. Marsha Blackburn introduced a bill on Thursday that would apply privacy rules to internet service providers like AT&T and Comcast and web companies such as Google and Facebook. The bill would require the companies to get their users' permission before sharing their sensitive information, including web-browsing history, with advertisers.


https://www.axios.com/blackburn-bill-wo ... b9d0b.html
_Res Ipsa
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Re: Censoring Marsha Blackburn

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LOL. Apparently Dog didn't read the comments. This is a trick that a couple of R campaigns have been using to raise money and portray themselves as censorship victims. Facebook has a specific verification process for political ads, including submission of a government ID with a street address. If you post a political ad without going through the verification process, it gets pulled. The tell? They post a copy of the notice from Facebook, which has a link to click to see the reason the ad was pulled. But they never showed the screen that explained why the ad was pulled.

Dog bit on the fake news and went straight for the conspiracy theory. Did I mention Dog don't read cuz Dog don't care?
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Re: Censoring Marsha Blackburn

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Already, hours before you started this thread, Facebook approved the ad.

As for Google, there are issues with a different video showing someone mouthing ‘Screw you’ ... not sure why an ad to elect a politician needs that, so Google seems on target with their rejection of it under their ‘shocking content’ rules.

I’m sure that your bishop would regard it as such.
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