Facebook: Gov's Page Was Not Taken Down Because Of Content

MONTGOMERY, Ala.: Facebook briefly took down Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey’s campaign page Tuesday morning, indicating it had been mistakenly flagged as an imposter account, though the governor suggested the move was prompted by her criticism of President Joe Biden’s vaccination mandate.

Ivey, a Republican, cited her staunch opposition to the Democratic president’s vaccine push. But Facebook indicated that was not the case.

Facebook banned my campaign page this morning. We fought back and won. Evidently, theyre upset that I said Im standing in the way of President Biden to protect Alabamians from this outrageous overreach by the federal government, Ivey said in a statement posted on social media.

Ivey added that “if big tech thinks they can silence us and that I wont fight back, then honey, they havent met me. They have another thing coming. Im not backing down. I never will. Were fighting Washington. Well fight big tech too. Ivey said.

However, Facebook indicated the content on Ivey’s page played no role.

Earlier today, the Governors campaign page was mistakenly restricted for less than an hour for reasons unrelated to any posted content. When we learned of our mistake, the page was quickly restored,” a Facebook company spokeswoman wrote in an email.

Ivey has strongly encouraged peopled to get vaccinated against COVID-19, even going as far to say. its time to start blaming the unvaccinated folks for a spike in COVID-19 cases. But Ivey is also among Republican leaders nationwide who have vowed resistance to Bidens mandate.

Biden is mandating that all employers with more than 100 workers require their employees to be vaccinated or test for the virus weekly, affecting about 80 million Americans. Another 17 million workers at health facilities that receive federal Medicare or Medicaid also will have to be vaccinated, as will all employees of the executive branch and contractors who do business with the federal government.

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