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left-of-center2012

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Sun Oct 7, 2018, 06:53 PM Oct 2018

Facebook Marks LGBTQ Advertisements as Political, Blocking Them Again

The advertisements all seemed innocuous at a glance. A ribald sendup of fairy tales hosted by a comedian in Los Angeles. A Spanish-language social group for Latino men, sponsored by a community center in Las Vegas. And a list of senior-friendly housing options distributed by a nonprofit group in Texas.

But they were all blocked by Facebook. The company’s system, which uses automated and human monitors, determined that the advertisements were “political,” though they did not involve advocacy or any explicitly political views. The common thread between them all? LGBT themes.

David Kilmnick, the chief executive of the LGBT Network, a Long Island-based nonprofit, said he was confused about why the group’s advertisements — for events such as the Long Island Pride Parade, a beach concert, a pride-themed night at a New York Mets baseball game and a LGBT youth prom it puts on — were blocked.

“We were completely targeted simply because we were LGBT,” he said, “for what we’re advertising — ads that promote our programs that help support the community and celebrate pride. There’s nothing political about that."

https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2018/10/03/facebook-blocked-many-gay-themed-ads-part-its-new-advertising-policy-angering-lgbt-groups/?utm_term=.cac5e528612a

Theresa Lucero, a coordinator at the Community Counseling Center of Southern Nevada, a Las Vegas-based nonprofit that offers services such as HIV testing and counseling, said that the group has been having particular trouble getting ads approved, for things such as a gay social group it organizes, if the advertisements are in Spanish. When it has posted the same ads in English, they’ve gone through, Lucero said.
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Facebook Marks LGBTQ Advertisements as Political, Blocking Them Again (Original Post) left-of-center2012 Oct 2018 OP
Another reason not to be in FB. I'm not, haven't been, and now I'm really glad I'm not. These... SWBTATTReg Oct 2018 #1
Yes they banned one of my favorite GQBLTgroups AzNick Oct 2018 #2
Disgustingly inappropriate. Behind the Aegis Oct 2018 #4
I am JEWISH!!!!!!! AzNick Oct 2018 #6
Doesn't make it ANY less inappropriate. Behind the Aegis Oct 2018 #7
Ridiculous AzNick Oct 2018 #8
And I stand by mine. Behind the Aegis Oct 2018 #9
Anti-gay bias or ... Odoreida Oct 2018 #3
And yet last night.... Behind the Aegis Oct 2018 #5

SWBTATTReg

(21,856 posts)
1. Another reason not to be in FB. I'm not, haven't been, and now I'm really glad I'm not. These...
Sun Oct 7, 2018, 06:59 PM
Oct 2018

ads seem more like community center type ads akin to senior citizen ads or the like. I don't understand the rationale that FB is using here to block them.

AzNick

(2,237 posts)
2. Yes they banned one of my favorite GQBLTgroups
Wed Oct 17, 2018, 12:28 AM
Oct 2018

Just like that it was gone. It's become a total censorhsip nightmare. I wonder if Zuckerberg is rewarding Drumpf for the Jerusalem embassy

Behind the Aegis

(53,823 posts)
4. Disgustingly inappropriate.
Wed Oct 17, 2018, 12:38 PM
Oct 2018

It is bad enough that Facebook is seemingly targeting GLBT groups, but you don't need to compound it with anti-Semitic innuendo. There is no need to bring Zuckerberg's religion into the equation unless you have something substantial to present, otherwise it is nothing more than a left-wing version of a "Soros is behind it" bullshit attack from the right!

Behind the Aegis

(53,823 posts)
7. Doesn't make it ANY less inappropriate.
Wed Oct 17, 2018, 05:16 PM
Oct 2018

And if you really are Jewish, then you should know better than to make such remarks in mixed company, especially when NO ONE here knows if you are really Jewish or not!

AzNick

(2,237 posts)
8. Ridiculous
Thu Oct 18, 2018, 11:31 AM
Oct 2018

I have nothing to prove to you. My grandfather was tortured twice by the Nazis, the second time to an inch of his life. He then defected to Russia. My mother, my uncle her brother, my grand mother were in a camp. My grand parents received reparations payment.

But whatever.

I stand by my point of view regarding what I say.

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