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Re:Facebook backtracks after removing Warren ads calling for... by dgregd on Tuesday March 12, 2019 @05:40AM (#19366563)
I would say this is ordinary politics, an obvious calculated provocation we see every day.

What is surprising is a such dump FB reaction. Why such inteligent people make such dump moves? Are they really that arogant? Maybe that arrogance is caused by revenue increases after all these scandals. Maybe they treated politicians in the same way for many times, but in other countries.

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Re:Facebook backtracks after removing Warren ads calling for... by ineedasername on Tuesday March 12, 2019 @09:15AM (#19367774)
It seems likely that no human decision resulted in this move. Instead, the take down may have been automated due to the used of the FB logo in the ad. If Warren's campaign knew this policy of such removal existed, then the entire setup was just that- a setup. The ad was placed in bad faith, but there was no bad faith self-interest on the part of FB in taking it down, just the appearance of such.
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