Ronan Burtenshaw’s publication was labelled as discriminatory and blocked from being promoted
Facebook will restore a banned advert promoting an opinion piece calling for renters rights, after the company’s automated systems blocked the post for “discrimination”. But critics warn that the error will be repeated unless Facebook acts to protect campaigners on its platform.
On Monday, Ronan Burtenshaw, the editor of Tribune Magazine, received a message from Facebook that one of his publication’s posts had been blocked from being promoted on the site. The story, headlined The Rent is Too Damn High, calls for “a struggle of renters against the rentiers”, and concludes that solving the housing crisis requires a massive program of council house creation.
