Facebook Pulls Down Trump Campaign’s Ad for Hate-Speech Violations

Well that backfired. After Donald Trump called a Black Lives Matter mural planned for outside the Trump Tower a “symbol of hate,” New York City pressed forward with artwork across all five boroughs. The most recent was massive letters on the street outside the Federal Courthouse in lower Manhattan, spelling out the words Black Lives Matter. This is exactly what’s intended for outside Trump’s former home.

Stop Hate for Profit campaign, People reports, which calls on businesses to stop advertising on Facebook to protest its failure to deplatform racist hate speech. Facebook was recently condemned for its refusal to remove Donald Trump's post inciting violence against Black Lives Matter protestors—"when the looting starts the shooting starts," Trump wrote on both Facebook and Twitter—and has long been criticized for enabling the spread of hate speech and misinformation.

David Robb Labor EditorEXCLUSIVE: President Donald Trump may be looking for a new walk-off song at his campaign rallies now that the Rolling Stones and BMI have put him on notice and threatened to sue if he ever again uses any of their songs licensed by the giant performing rights organization.

Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorTwitch has temporarily kicked Donald Trump off the streaming service, citing violations of its policy against “hateful conduct.”In a statement, Amazon-owned Twitch said, “Hateful conduct is not allowed on Twitch.

Facebook said Friday that it will flag all "newsworthy" posts from politicians that break its rules, including those from President Donald Trump. CEO Mark Zuckerberg had previously refused to take action against Trump posts suggesting that mail-in ballots will lead to voter fraud, saying that people deserved to hear unfiltered statements from political leaders.

David Robb Labor EditorEXCLUSIVE: We finally might have heard the last of the Rolling Stones’ “You Can’t Always Get What You Want” at President Donald Trump’s campaign rallies, which was played as his walk-off theme at Saturday’s sparsely attended rally in Tulsa, OK.The Stones first objected to Trump’s use of the song during the 2016 presidential campaign, but he has continued to use it without their permission.

Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorFacebook is following in Twitter’s footsteps in dealing with controversial and inflammatory statements from high-profile figures — like Donald Trump.Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, in an employee town hall meeting Friday, said the company will start adding warning labels to content posted by politicians that would otherwise violate its policies if it’s deemed to be in the “public interest.”“Often, seeing speech from politicians is in the public interest, and in the

Hours before President Donald Trump took the stage last Saturday at the BOK Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma, for his first rally in the COVID-19 era, arena workers were busy labeling thousands of seats with “Do Not Sit Here Please!” stickers to promote social distancing, part of a new safety protocol at the arena known as VenueShield. Campaign

Brendon Urie is not happy with the Trump Campaign using is music.

Ted Johnson Brendon Urie of Panic! At the Disco objected to the Donald Trump campaign’s use of “High Hopes” at a Phoenix event on Tuesday, even using an expletive to make his point.“Dear Trump campaign,” Urie wrote on Twitter. “F— you.

With Donald Trump back in campaigning mode – if he was ever out of it – it’s time for another round of artists being angry about their music being used at his rallies. Kicking things off, after Saturday’s lacklustre event in Tulsa, is the Tom Petty estate, which has not taken kindly to his song ‘I Won’t Back Down’ being used at the event.

the New York Times reporting that the discrepancy of ticket requests to attendees likely came from an undercover campaign by K-Pop fans to sabotage the event.But Trump’s campaign manager Brad Parscale has now hit out at the claims, and said in a statement: “Leftists and online trolls doing a victory lap, thinking they somehow impacted rally attendance, don’t know what they’re talking about or how rallies work”.He went on to describe reports of Trump’s first re-election rally as “unprofessional”

Four of Tom Petty's family members have released a statement on Twitter about an unauthorized use of the song "I Won't Back Down" at the beginning of Donald Trump's campaign rally in Tulsa, Oklahoma, on Saturday. "Trump was in no way authorized to use this song to further a campaign that leaves too many Americans and common sense behind," the statement read.

Tom Petty's estate is not backing down. On Saturday, President Donald Trump held a rally in Tulsa, Okla., where the song "I Won't Back Down" was played, according to Petty's family.

President Donald Trump launched his comeback rally amid a pandemic on Saturday by declaring that "the silent majority is stronger than ever before," but what was meant to be a show of political force was instead met with thousands of empty seats and new coronavirus cases on his campaign staff.

Tom Petty’s family members have released a joint statement denouncing U.S. leader Donald Trump’s use of the rock legend’s hit I Won’t Back Down at a campaign rally in Tulsa, Oklahoma on Saturday.

Tom Petty‘s estate has issued a cease and desist order to Donald Trump’s election campaign after Petty’s 1989 song ‘I Won’t Back Down’ was used without permission at a rally in Tulsa, Oklahoma on June 20.A statement posted to social media by Petty’s family after the rally said, “Trump was in no way authorized to use this song to further a campaign that leaves too many Americans and common sense behind.“Tom Petty would never want a song of his used for a campaign of hate.

Ted Johnson Tom Petty’s family issued a statement objecting to Donald Trump’s use of the song I Won’t Back Down at Saturday night’s rally, claiming that his campaign was not authorized to use it.“Trump was in no way authorized to use this song to further a campaign that leaves too many Americans and common sense behind,” the family said.“Both the late Tom Petty and his family firmly stand against racism and discrimination of any kind.

Ted Johnson Twitter and Facebook took down a doctored video posted by President Donald Trump that showed the interaction of two toddlers, one black and one white, after receiving notices that the footage was a copyright violation.“We received a copyright complaint from the rights holder of this video under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act and have removed the post,” said Facebook spokesman Andy Stone.The video also disappeared from Trump’s Twitter feed, with a notice that “this media has

Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorUPDATED: Facebook and Twitter on Friday both removed a video posted by President Donald Trump — which was faked to appear as if it had aired on CNN — after receiving a copyright-infringement claim.“We received a copyright complaint from the rights holder of this video under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act and have removed the post,” a Facebook spokesperson confirmed to Variety.A Twitter rep also said the video from Trump’s tweet was removed.