After actor Dennis Quaid accused Facebook of censoring promotional content for his upcoming film “Reagan,” the social media giant acknowledged that it “mistakenly” rejected advertising for the movie.
Facebook Made The confession came in a statement to Newsweek magazine, which first reported Dennis Quaid’s allegations earlier this week.
“While there are no restrictions on this Page that would prevent admins from posting, we have seen some ads incorrectly rejected from this account,” a Facebook spokesperson told the outlet.
“This occurred because our automated systems incorrectly determined that content about President Reagan required prior approval in accordance with our social issues, elections and politics ads policy. This was an error, and the ad restriction has been lifted.”
Earlier this week, Dennis Quaid accused Facebook of censoring him. Reagan The company removed marketing content and took down the film’s official Facebook page twice.
Apparent efforts at censorship Reagan The incident comes during a presidential election year when major left-leaning Silicon Valley companies are censoring content they believe is damaging to Democrats.
In the 2020 election, New York PostThese include the report on Hunter Biden’s laptop and the banning of then-President Donald Trump’s social media accounts.
As reported by Breitbart News, a recent study by the Media Research Center (MRC) uncovered 39 instances of Facebook meddling in US elections since 2008.
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