Facebook banned ads from a super PAC backing President Donald Trump called the Committee to Protect the President Thursday for repeatedly sharing false information flagged by third-party fact checkers.
“As a result of the Committee to Defend the President’s repeated sharing of content determined by third-party fact-checkers to be false, they will not be permitted to advertise for a period of time on our platform,” a Facebook spokesperson told TheWrap. That period of time was not defined.
In a statement to TheWrap, Committee chairman Ted Harvey said, “Facebook is determined to restrict free speech and attack those who dare to support President Trump.