Facebook takes down Donald Trump ads over 'organised hate' policy

The symbol was in Facebook ads run on pages belonging to Trump and Vice President Mike Pence, as well as on ads and organic posts on the "Team Trump" page.

Facebook Inc (FB.O) said on Thursday it took down posts and ads run by the re-election campaign of US President Donald Trump for violating its policy against organized hate.
 

The ads showed a red inverted triangle, a symbol the Nazis used to identify political prisoners, with text asking Facebook users to sign a petition against antifa, a loosely organized anti-fascist movement.
 

Trump and Attorney General William Barr have repeatedly singled out antifa as a major instigator of recent unrest during nationwide anti-racism protests, with little evidence.
 

“Our policy prohibits using a banned hate group’s symbol to identify political prisoners without