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| Facebook has removed posts and ads from Trump campaigns due to Nazi symbols |
Facebook said on Thursday that it had removed news and ads from President Donald Trump's re-election campaign, which violated the site's anti-hate policy.
The ads show a red inverted triangle, and the text forces Facebook users to sign a petition against the anti-fascist movement.
"The Nazis used red triangles to identify their political victims in concentration camps. It is a very aggressive attack to attack opponents politically," said Jonathan Greenblatt, CEO of the Anti-Defamation League, in a tweet on Thursday.
Facebook has removed posts and ads from Trump campaigns due to Nazi symbols
A Facebook spokesman said: "Our policy prohibits the use of prohibited hate group symbols to identify political prisoners without judging or discussing the symbol depending on the context."
On the other hand, Tim Morto (Trump campaign spokesperson) said in an email: "The inverted red triangle is the symbol that Antiva uses and is therefore included in Antiva ads." "We found that Facebook still uses the inverted red triangle icon that looks exactly the same. So it's strange that it's intended for advertising only. Also, the image is not included in the anti-hate code coalition anti-libel code database.
A spokesperson for the Anti-Defamation League said the inverted red triangle symbol is not a historical symbol of the Nazis, but "a symbol often used by contemporary American extremists and high-level white lawyers." He also said: Some Antiva members use red triangles, but this is not a generic symbol used by the group.