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Facebook bans pro-Trump news outlet from buying ads

Facebook bans pro-Trump news outlet from buying ads

5 years ago
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https://www.siliconvalley.com/2019/08/23/facebook-bans-pro-trump-news-outlet-from-buying-ads/

Facebook has banned the Epoch Times, a news outlet that was reportedly hiding its spending on pro-Trump ads, from buying ads on its platform.

According to an NBC News investigation published this week, the New York-based outlet spent $1.5 million on thousands of pro-Trump ads in the past six months, more than anyone besides the president’s campaign itself. Epoch Times’ revenue reportedly skyrocketed as it transformed itself from an entity that focused on anti-communism messages for Chinese Americans to one that exploited the United States’ political divisions to spread conspiracy theories and appeal to supporters of President Donald Trump.