Posted on 05/22/2021 1:49:18 AM PDT by Libloather
Facebook refused to remove an attack ad falsely linking Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar to Hamas, even after her aides said similar claims had resulted in death threats to the lawmaker in the past.
The ad was produced by the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, the pro-Israel lobbying group, and showed the face of the Minnesota lawmaker, who is Muslim, superimposed onto rockets fired by Gaza militants toward Israel.
"When Israel targets Hamas, Rep. Omar calls it an act of terrorism," the caption said. The ad is still live on Facebook.
The ad seemed to be based on a tweet by Omar that said Israel's killing of Palestinian civilians in Gaza constituted an act of terrorism. Israel has said it takes precautions to narrowly target Hamas and other militant targets in Gaza, but many civilians have been reported killed there by Israeli airstrikes, including dozens of children.
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Omar's office told The Washington Post that it had contacted Facebook to request the removal of the ad, saying it was inaccurate and could lead to death threats against Omar.
Facebook told Omar's office, and later confirmed to The Post, that it would not remove the ad because it did not violate its policies.
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The refusal of Facebook to remove the ad is likely to fuel more criticism of the platform for failing to do more to remove hate speech and misinformation.
Democratic Reps. Pramila Jayapal and David Cicilline last August urged the platform to do more to remove election misinformation and stop far-right militias from using it to organize and propagandize.
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Falsely?
I don’t think so.
It has been reported by the MSM that she HAS spoken out in support of HAMAS.
Omar lives by the sword.
And will die by the sword.
Well... This is an inversion isn’t it. So who posted said attack ad? Perhaps that new dark money conservative group that’s going after “Woke Capitalism”? Normal Operating Procedure for FB is to have gone after the source of the Ad and shut THEM down. Did this new group say something to the FB Chieftans? What are they scared of? Why wouldnt they take down the AD like they did with thousands of others? Maybe someone’s threatening their Section 230 Government Protections?
*** Did this new group say something to the FB Chieftans? ***
Am I misunderstanding you?
AIPAC isn’t new, and most US Pol’s on both sides of the aisle kiss their butts. More than 2/3 of Congress attended their 2020 Conference, to include guest speakers like Joe Biden, Mike Pence, Ted Cruz, Mike Pompeo.
Interesting the way she operates. She’ll say something in support of terrorism, then complain about death threats after its been pointed out. Like all Leftists complaining of death threats, no one ever tries to carry them out, so we’ll never know if the threats are real, or just their way of trying to silence critics.
Business Insider, Yahoo, Tom Porter -- all part of the Media Wing of the DNC.
Business Insider, Yahoo, Tom Porter -- all part of the Media Wing of the DNC.
She showed her true self when she tried to downplay 9/11 by saying, “Some people did some things”. Never forget people, NEVER forget.
... not soon enough for me.
There’s a new Conservative group called “Consumers’ Research”. I dont know much about it just yet. Apparently dark money opposed to ‘woke capitalism’. This is not AIPAC
Tom Porter
US News Reporter
Tom is a reporter at Business Insider’s London bureau.
Previously, he worked at Newsweek and IBTimes UK.
And apparently a Hamas supporter.
And David Cicilline thinks he won’t be eaten by the alligator since he’s an “ally”
*** There’s a new Conservative group called “Consumers’ Research”. ***
Thank you for the clarification.
And the same excuse of “death threats” was used when she said that.
to clarify my clarification. This particular campaign may be AIPAC. But the group I was talking about may not be. I wish I knew more. I’m still left to wonder why FB did not censor that AD against one of their favorites.
I seem to remmember years ago the woman had a direct money link established to these terrorists.
hmmm. Some things are too much even for skidMark?
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