The Illinois Association of Chiefs of Police has launched a petition urging Facebook to reverse its rejection of an advertisement celebrating the association‘s “Most Outstanding Officer of the Year.”
“Facebook evidently believes that honoring a great police officer violates its advertising policy,” said Ed Wojcicki, executive director of the association.
The Silicon Valley tech giant reportedly denied the association‘s request to “boost,” or pay to advertise, a July 21 post praising East Peoria Patrolman Jeffrey Bieber, saying the ad violated company policy.
The rejection comes as Facebook and other social media companies have been removing or restricting content in recent months in an attempt to curtail what they deem to be misinformation on their platforms.
After an appeal and review, the association says the company doubled down and explained that the post was “correctly disapproved for violation of Facebook Advertising Policies and Guidelines.”