Facebook Blocks Ads For Pot Legalization Campaign
source: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/08/24/facebook-blocks-ads-for-p_n_692295.html
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For a typical college student, if it didn't happen on Facebook, it didn't happen. That gives the social networking behemoth an out-sized influence on the confines of political debate, if that debate falls outside what Facebook deems acceptable discourse.
Proponents of marijuana legalization, which is on the California ballot in 2010, have hit a Facebook wall in their effort to grow an online campaign to rethink the nation's pot laws. Facebook initially accepted ads from the group Just Say Now, running them from August 7 to August 16, generating 38 million impressions and helping the group's fan page grow to over 6,000 members. But then they were abruptly removed.
Andrew Noyes, a spokesman for Facebook, said that the problem was the pot leaf. "It would be fine to note that you were informed by Facebook that the image in question was no long[er] acceptable for use in Facebook ads. The image of a pot leaf is classified with all smoking products and therefore is not acceptable under our policies," he told the group in an email, which was provided to HuffPost.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/08/24/facebook-blocks-ads-for-p_n_692295.html
Proponents of marijuana legalization, which is on the California ballot in 2010, have hit a Facebook wall in their effort to grow an online campaign to rethink the nation's pot laws. Facebook initially accepted ads from the group Just Say Now, running them from August 7 to August 16, generating 38 million impressions and helping the group's fan page grow to over 6,000 members. But then they were abruptly removed.
Andrew Noyes, a spokesman for Facebook, said that the problem was the pot leaf. "It would be fine to note that you were informed by Facebook that the image in question was no long[er] acceptable for use in Facebook ads. The image of a pot leaf is classified with all smoking products and therefore is not acceptable under our policies," he told the group in an email, which was provided to HuffPost.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/08/24/facebook-blocks-ads-for-p_n_692295.html
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dudefromtherock
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We are making an impact...don't stop now!
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dudefromtherock
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hunzedog
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we are the majority now...they cant hide that....
what about all the people with potleafs for avatars.......pic whatever...
they are grasping at straws........LEGALIZE CANNABIS - 1 year ago
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hunzedog
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parisinla
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well the policy is the policy. just change the ad creative!
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parisinla
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irie_ojo
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faceboo.........
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irie_ojo
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atomiclegion
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Et tu, Zuckerberg?
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atomiclegion
