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And yet, beheading pictures and numerous verbal attacks threatening police are ok....

Quote:Facebook has blocked an advertisement for the upcoming independent film “I am a Christian,” citing marketing rules against ads that use offensive speech, producers said Wednesday.

Producers of film, set to star Fox News contributor Stacey Dash and “Hercules” star Kevin Sorbo, are attempting to raise $500,000 in production costs online. The film will tell the story of Meriam Ibrahim, a Sudanese woman who refused to recant her Christian faith in the face of a death sentence, The Daily Caller reported.

The production company Christian Lives Matter, which so far has only raised $2,400 for the film, says Facebook rejected a promotional ad that asked users to proudly declare their Christian faith.

“Are you a Christian?” the ad asks. “We challenge you to change your profile picture to this ‘I Am A Christian’ photo for one week! Change your picture now, and challenge your friends to do the same. Stand up and declare Yes, I Am A Christian!!!”

One of the film’s producers told The Daily Caller in an interview that he was “shocked” to learn Facebook rejected the seemingly harmless ad.

“Your ad wasn’t approved because it doesn’t follow Facebook’s Advertising Guidelines for language that is profane, vulgar, threatening or generates high negative feedback,” Facebook reportedly wrote to producers of the film. “Ads can’t use language that insults, harasses or demeans people, or addresses their age, gender, name, race, physical condition or sexual preference.”

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2015...or-offens/

So, what exactly was the offensive language?

(03-23-2015 02:39 PM)EagleRockCafe Wrote: [ -> ]

Quote:“Your ad wasn’t approved because it doesn’t follow Facebook’s Advertising Guidelines for language that is profane, vulgar, threatening or generates high negative feedback,”

(03-23-2015 02:57 PM)VA49er Wrote: [ -> ]So, what exactly was the offensive language?

Apparently, you can simply claim that "people won't like it" as your justification.

(03-23-2015 02:57 PM)VA49er Wrote: [ -> ]So, what exactly was the offensive language?

Evidently the word Christian.

I'd bet that the Facebook campus has no more than 25% of it's employees proclaiming a religion. So, it's not terribly surprising that there might be a a hostile attitude towards Christianity (and a fear of Islam) at Facebook.

Let's just feed the Christians to the lions, build some mosques, and get it over with.

(03-23-2015 03:20 PM)ummechengr Wrote: [ -> ]Apparently, you can simply claim that "people won't like it" as your justification.

No, evidently not....

Facebook: ‘I Am A Christian’ Ad Disallowed For Being “Offensive” But ‘Death To Israel’ Page “Doesn’t Violate Standards”



Facebook did not allow the posting of an ad for the movie “I am a Christian” because it was somehow “offensive” to someone.

But apparently, a “Death To Israel” page is just fine:

Disgusting.

Facebook gets to set it's rules. I can't though see what broke their rules in this instance. This seems quite arbitrary.

(03-23-2015 08:03 PM)EagleRockCafe Wrote: [ -> ]

(03-23-2015 03:20 PM)ummechengr Wrote: [ -> ]Apparently, you can simply claim that "people won't like it" as your justification.

No, evidently not....

Correction...you can claim that "the right people won't like it"...

There are many, many other Christian-themed ads on Facebook. Why is this one important?

(03-24-2015 09:09 AM)nomad2u2001 Wrote: [ -> ]There are many, many other Christian-themed ads on Facebook. Why is this one important?

Irrelevant question. The important one is "Why is this one offensive?"

(03-24-2015 09:09 AM)nomad2u2001 Wrote: [ -> ]There are many, many other Christian-themed ads on Facebook. Why is this one important?

Which is why my guess is that there is more to this story than what is being "reported."

(03-24-2015 12:58 PM)john01992 Wrote: [ -> ]

(03-24-2015 09:09 AM)nomad2u2001 Wrote: [ -> ]There are many, many other Christian-themed ads on Facebook. Why is this one important?

Which is why my guess is that there is more to this story than what is being "reported."

Fill us in Johnny.

(03-24-2015 07:36 PM)Fo Shizzle Wrote: [ -> ]

(03-24-2015 12:58 PM)john01992 Wrote: [ -> ]

(03-24-2015 09:09 AM)nomad2u2001 Wrote: [ -> ]There are many, many other Christian-themed ads on Facebook. Why is this one important?

Which is why my guess is that there is more to this story than what is being "reported."

Fill us in Johnny.

With all the spamming by the right wingers on these types of stories, you eventually learn when the elements of a story add up...and when they don't.

I see a lot of red flags here which is why I am guessing, there is more to this story.

(03-23-2015 06:09 PM)UConn-SMU Wrote: [ -> ]Let's just feed the Christians to the lions, build some mosques, and get it over with.

Might be the most undeservedly dramatic response I've ever seen. What a baby.