mo4ch:>No kissing gays or conservative hunters: Overcautious Facebook blocks political ads in Sweden | Mo4ch News

Two political parties in Sweden have been told by Facebook that they cannot promote their campaign videos on the platform. One featured a gay couple kissing while another showed a candidate carrying a hunting shotgun.Just like other EU members, Sweden is preparing to elect its representatives to the European Parliament, so various parties are campaigning for votes. And two of them were surprised to learn that Facebook rules are too restrictive for their messaging, Expressen reported.Christian Democrats were denied a request to promote a political ad supporting their candidate, Ella Bohlin, which appealed to its rural voter base. The film featured Bohlin walking through Sweden’s majestic forests with her dog while carrying a hunting shotgun on her shoulder and saying that her party will not allow the EU to dictate to Sweden how to regulate game conservation. She was never shown shooting or even aiming the weapon, but its mere presence in the footage made it ineligible for promotion on …