{"id":371041,"date":"2018-07-27T10:31:06","date_gmt":"2018-07-27T09:31:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/prison-planet-com-facebook-admits-it-blocked-republican-candidates-pro-second-amendment-ad\/"},"modified":"2018-07-27T10:31:06","modified_gmt":"2018-07-27T09:31:06","slug":"prison-planet-com-facebook-admits-it-blocked-republican-candidates-pro-second-amendment-ad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/prison-planet-com-facebook-admits-it-blocked-republican-candidates-pro-second-amendment-ad\/","title":{"rendered":"Prison Planet.com \u00bb Facebook Admits It Blocked Republican Candidate\u2019s Pro-Second Amendment Ad"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>      <!-- START CONTENT --><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/tech\/2018\/07\/25\/facebook-admits-blocked-republican-candidates-pro-second-amendment-ad\/\"><strong>Breitbart<\/strong><\/a><br \/>July 26, 2018<\/p>\n<p><strong>Facebook admits it blocked Florida State Rep. Matt Caldwell\u2019s (R-79) pro-Second Amendment ad.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday the <em>Tampa Bay Times<\/em> <a class=\"x5l\" href=\"http:\/\/www.tampabay.com\/florida-politics\/buzz\/2018\/07\/24\/matt-caldwell-says-facebook-blocked-his-ad-on-guns-nra-endorsement\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">reported<\/a> that Caldwell\u2019s ad had been blocked on Facebook, which included blocking news that the NRA had endorsed Caldwell for Florida Commissioner of Agriculture.<\/p>\n<p>Caldwell\u2019s campaign said they received a message from Facebook, which said: \u201cNot Approved: Your ad can\u2019t promote the sale of weapons or ammunition.\u201d He responded, \u201cFacebook\u2019s liberal agenda is keeping our campaign for Commissioner of Agriculture from sharing our message. Facebook has mislabeled our ad in an effort to censor our pro-Second Amendment support and endorsement from the NRA.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Fox News <a class=\"x5l\" href=\"http:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/2018\/07\/25\/facebook-admits-it-blocked-florida-republicans-pro-gun-ad-reverses-course.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">reports<\/a> that Caldwell\u2019s ad was 15 seconds long. In it, he <a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/MattCaldwellFL\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">said<\/a>, \u201cI\u2019m Matt Caldwell. I like guns. I love the Second Amendment, and I support our president. That\u2019s why I\u2019m endorsed by the NRA.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"\" title=\"fb:video Facebook Social Plugin\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/v2.8\/plugins\/video.php?allowfullscreen=true&amp;app_id=1243316582352556&amp;channel=https%3A%2F%2Fstaticxx.facebook.com%2Fconnect%2Fxd_arbiter%2Fr%2FbSTT5dUx9MY.js%3Fversion%3D42%23cb%3Df1eb2fb23f37c16%26domain%3Dwww.breitbart.com%26origin%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fwww.breitbart.com%252Ff35ebdaf239994a%26relation%3Dparent.parent&amp;container_width=640&amp;href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.breitbart.com%2F104639632903303%2Fvideos%2F2082942691739644&amp;locale=en_US&amp;sdk=joey\" name=\"f130473f996f4\" width=\"640px\" height=\"640px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Amid public backlash, the social media site said they had mistakenly rejected the ad and, as of Tuesday evening, they had apologized and Caldwell\u2019s ad was up and running.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/tech\/2018\/07\/25\/facebook-admits-blocked-republican-candidates-pro-second-amendment-ad\/\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p>      <!-- END CONTENT --><\/p>\n<p style=\"color:#333; font-size:11px;\">This article was posted: Thursday, July 26, 2018  at  6:28 am<\/p>\n<hr class=\"dotted_line\"\/>\n<hr class=\"dotted_line\"\/><!-- share and follow --><br \/>\n      <!-- end of share and follow --><\/p>\n<div class=\"print_sub\">\n<h3 class=\"sub_titles\">&#13;<br \/>\n        \t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.prisonplanet.com\/facebook-admits-it-blocked-republican-candidates-pro-second-amendment-ad.html\/print\/\" title=\"Print\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"WP-PrintIcon\" src=\"https:\/\/www.prisonplanet.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-print\/images\/printer_famfamfam.gif\" alt=\"Print\" title=\"Print\" style=\"border: 0px;\"\/><\/a><br \/>\nPrint this page.<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<hr class=\"dotted_line\"\/>\n<hr class=\"dotted_line\"\/>\n<p><!--\n      \n\n<div class=\"nextpage\">\n              <\/div>\n\n \n -->    <\/p>\n<p><!--\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Gm2pZEeYN0E?list=UUvsye7V9psc-APX6wV1twLg\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n--><\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.prisonplanet.com\/facebook-admits-it-blocked-republican-candidates-pro-second-amendment-ad.html\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BreitbartJuly 26, 2018 Facebook admits it blocked Florida State Rep. Matt Caldwell\u2019s (R-79) pro-Second Amendment ad. On Tuesday the Tampa Bay Times reported that Caldwell\u2019s ad had been blocked on Facebook, which included blocking news that the NRA had endorsed Caldwell for Florida Commissioner of Agriculture. Caldwell\u2019s campaign said they received a message from Facebook, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[519],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-371041","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-newswire"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/371041","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=371041"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/371041\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=371041"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=371041"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=371041"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}