Thursday, September 13, 2018

Twitter Rejects Ads Using the Words 'Illegal Alien,' Calling That 'Hate Speech'

Twitter rejected four tweets from a Washington-based immigration research center's advertising campaign as "Hate speech" Tuesday because they used the legal terms "Illegal alien" and "Criminal alien."

The rejected tweets by the Center for Immigration Studies, proposed for its Twitter Ads campaign to attract more followers, generally provided a statistic or factual statement and pressed for an immigration-related policy.

In a press release Wednesday, the immigration research group said Twitter approved "Several other" tweets for the Twitter Ads campaign.

We've reviewed your tweets and confirmed that it is ineligible to participate in the Twitter Ads program at this time based on our Hateful Content policy.

Twitter did not respond to The Daily Signal's request for comment.

Organizations of all kinds pay Twitter to promote specific tweets in order to drive traffic to an organization's website.

Twitter advertises that the ads 'can get you more likes, amplify your message, and get more people talking about the things that matter to you most - your cause, project, business, or brand.

https://www.dailysignal.com/2018/09/12/twitter-rejects-ads-using-the-words-illegal-alien-and-criminal-alien-calling-that-hate-speech/

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