Posted on 08/01/2021 4:27:01 AM PDT by KeyLargo
NEWS Facebook rejects Illinois police group's ‘officer of the year’ post over ‘sensitive social issues’: report by thewashingtontime August 1, 2021
The Illinois Association of Chiefs of Police wanted more people to know about hero East Peoria Officer Jeffrey Bieber, so it planned to pay Facebook extra for a “boost” in distribution of its post, according to a report.
But the social networking giant rejected the police group’s request, citing “sensitive social issues” connected with the ad that could spark controversy, the Journal Star of Peoria reported.
Ed Wojcicki, executive director of the police group, told the newspaper he couldn’t believe Facebook would reject a tribute to a police officer.
“The way we see it is, Facebook thinks it’s wrong to honor a brave police officer who suffered serious wounds while protecting his central Illinois city. How is that remotely political?” Wojcicki asked, according to the Journal Star.
Back in February, Officer Bieber managed to fatally shoot an assailant despite having been stabbed by the suspect multiple times during a traffic stop, the newspaper reported.
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Fascistbook.
Why is anyone still on Facebook?
Just attended a wedding of a life long friend of my son who is a sergeant. A surprise was the pipe band who entered the celebration and it was like a trump rally standing o’s the whole time cheering and chants of USA, USA. very emotional
Precisely. Censoring fascists.
They did the same thing for the latest Biden gathering too. They all chanted 中华人民共和国......
People are still using facebook. Strange.
Stop using Facebook. Delete it, don’t give it money. OMG
My advice: Abandon these sites at once.
:”so it planned to pay Facebook extra for a “boost” in distribution of its post,...”
When radio was big, some dj’s were bribed to play specified records a lot, so impressionable listeners would believe the songs and artists must be good if they were so “popular”, and make them so. This “payola” variant of gaslighting was considered a scandalous crime. Now it’s the Facebook business model.
(I’m not saying that the PD tried to promote its Policeman of the Year for corrupt reasons. Evidently they were too legit for Facebook.)
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