NEW: Colorado Senate candidate @ODeaForColorado (R) claims Google is censoring his campaign messages and pulling his ads. His campaign declined to provide any evidence of the claim. #copolitics #cosen 9news.com/article/news/p…
@ODeaForColorado A review of O'Dea Google Ads history, which is publicly available, does not support the campaign's claim. A single O'Dea ad was pulled from Google in June. The O'Dea campaign declined to say which policy violation was alleged and whether Google's decision was appealed.
@ODeaForColorado Such notices are common and quickly resolved. The notices can be a result of something as simple as a spelling error or formatting issue with the ad. According to Google, O’Dea’s advertising accounts have had a small number of violations, mostly due to formatting issues.
@ODeaForColorado The O’Dea campaign provided 9NEWS with a statement from an unnamed "digital adviser" who said, "These platforms play content police in an unfair way. They put out vague policies purposefully, then throttle and pull ads, while also being slow to respond."
@ODeaForColorado "All advertisers, including election advertisers, must adhere to our policies, which we enforce consistently and without bias," said Google spokesperson Michael Acriman. "As always, if an advertiser believes a mistake was made, we encourage them to appeal the decision."
@ODeaForColorado is the second CO Republican to recently claim Big Tech censorship without evidence. @heidiganahl claimed Facebook blocked her ads. Facebook said the Ganahl campaign had failed to attach a basic disclaimer and directed her to tech support. 9news.com/article/news/l…
• • •
Missing some Tweet in this thread? You can try to
force a refresh
