Swordsmyth
10-31-2018, 06:18 PM
On Tuesday, Google Ads informed Rep. Marsha Blackburn’s campaign that her advertisements that included video footage of protesters interrupting her moment of silence for victims of the deadly mass shooting of a synagogue in Pittsburgh over the weekend had been disapproved because they contained “shocking content.”
The online advertising platform Google Ads would not allow the Tennessee Republican’s campaign for Senate promote two campaign videos as search ads because they say the content goes against Google’s standards, according to an email sent to the campaign.
“Unfortunately, we won’t be able to show your ads on Google, our search partners, or on Display Network placements until you edit your ads or keywords to make them compliant with our policies,” the email, which was obtained by The Daily Caller News Foundation, reads.
One of the ads is 30 seconds long, and the other only 15 seconds, both showing clips from a campaign event on Sunday where protesters interrupted Blackburn’s moment of silence for victims of the mass shooting at The Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh.
This is not the first time that Google or other tech companies have tried blocking Blackburn’s content. In October 2017, Twitter blocked Blackburn’s Senate campaign announcement (https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/twitter-blocks-marsha-blackburns-pro-life-senate-campaign-ad) over concerns that the ad’s pro-life message may be offensive to some viewers.
In the campaign announcement, Blackburn claimed to have “stopped the sale of baby body parts.” Blackburn previously chaired a House panel investigating the sale of fetal tissue by Planned Parenthood.
Twitter informed Blackburn’s campaign that at the time the ad was blocked because Blackburn’s reference to fetal tissue was “deemed an inflammatory statement that is likely to evoke a strong negative reaction.”
The ban was later walked back by Twitter (https://dailycaller.com/2017/10/11/twitter-reverses-censorship-of-lawmakers-pro-life-video-and-says-it-may-refine-its-policies-video/), who said they would be looking into refining the company’s policies.
More at: https://bigleaguepolitics.com/banned-google-shuts-down-marsha-blackburns-senate-ad/
The online advertising platform Google Ads would not allow the Tennessee Republican’s campaign for Senate promote two campaign videos as search ads because they say the content goes against Google’s standards, according to an email sent to the campaign.
“Unfortunately, we won’t be able to show your ads on Google, our search partners, or on Display Network placements until you edit your ads or keywords to make them compliant with our policies,” the email, which was obtained by The Daily Caller News Foundation, reads.
One of the ads is 30 seconds long, and the other only 15 seconds, both showing clips from a campaign event on Sunday where protesters interrupted Blackburn’s moment of silence for victims of the mass shooting at The Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh.
This is not the first time that Google or other tech companies have tried blocking Blackburn’s content. In October 2017, Twitter blocked Blackburn’s Senate campaign announcement (https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/twitter-blocks-marsha-blackburns-pro-life-senate-campaign-ad) over concerns that the ad’s pro-life message may be offensive to some viewers.
In the campaign announcement, Blackburn claimed to have “stopped the sale of baby body parts.” Blackburn previously chaired a House panel investigating the sale of fetal tissue by Planned Parenthood.
Twitter informed Blackburn’s campaign that at the time the ad was blocked because Blackburn’s reference to fetal tissue was “deemed an inflammatory statement that is likely to evoke a strong negative reaction.”
The ban was later walked back by Twitter (https://dailycaller.com/2017/10/11/twitter-reverses-censorship-of-lawmakers-pro-life-video-and-says-it-may-refine-its-policies-video/), who said they would be looking into refining the company’s policies.
More at: https://bigleaguepolitics.com/banned-google-shuts-down-marsha-blackburns-senate-ad/