Donald Trump is back advertising on Facebook

The former President's "Team Trump" page is running ads for the first time since November 2020, in violation of Facebook's policy.

Despite Facebook’s assertion that Donald Trump is banned from their platform for at least two years, the former President’s official campaign page, “Team Trump,” began running new political advertising on June 18th.

The ads, which remained active as of June 21st, target Trump supporters nationwide for fundraising and regionally promote an upcoming rally in Ohio. They also slam President Biden and Vice President Harris in a similar way to the Trump campaign’s messaging during the 2020 election.

The official Team Trump page is now owned by the former President’s political action committee, Save America. Save America is an entity directly controlled by Donald Trump, and Team Trump has not posted on Facebook since March 17th. These ads are in clear violation of Facebook’s policy blocking Donald Trump’s use of their platform.

This is only the latest example of Facebook failing to implement their own policies related to political advertising and misinformation on their site. Two weeks ago, our team spotted a right-wing page promoting anti-vaccine advertising to thousands of users. Those ads were eventually taken down.

UPDATE: After the publication of this post, Facebook sent out the following statement: “President Trump is suspended from Facebook so he can't post at all. Groups affiliated with the former president are not barred from posting on Facebook so long as they are not posting in his voice."

The President’s ads remain on the platform.

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