![\"Roe](\"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Roe-vs-Wade.jpg\")
<\/a><\/p>\nSocial media giant Facebook has allegedly refused to allow the upcoming\u00a0Roe v. Wade<\/em> film to run advertisements on its platform under the new \u201cissues of national importance\u201d rule, treating the\u00a0movie as if it were a political ad.<\/span><\/p>\n The producers and writers behind the upcoming film Roe v. Wade<\/em> starring Jon Voight and Stacey Dash, which tells the story surrounding the landmark legal case legalizing abortion, recently attempted to advertise the film on Facebook but were denied under Facebook\u2019s new \u201cissues of national importance\u201d rules.<\/span><\/p>\n The ad that Loeb and Allen attempted to run was simply a link to a Hollywood Reporter<\/em> article about the film. The ad featured a link to a post featuring a picture of actor Jon Voight along with the hashtag #BringRoevWadeToLife. A screenshot of the advertisement can be seen below:<\/span><\/p>\n Screenshot. Click to enlarge<\/p><\/div>\n The producers attempted to \u201cboost\u201d this post from their Facebook page and were informed by Facebook that their ad was not approved, a screenshot of the email that they received can be seen below:<\/span><\/p>\n Breitbart News reached out to Facebook for comment on this issue and was told that the problem with the ad related to Facebook\u2019s new \u201cissues of national importance\u201d rules which requires further verification and identification of those running ads on important topics. A Facebook spokesperson said in a statement:<\/span><\/p>\n The ads involve advocacy for an issue under our \u201cissues of national importance<\/a><\/strong><\/span>.\u201d As you know, in May we made big changes to the way ads related to politics or issues work on Facebook<\/a><\/strong><\/span>.<\/span><\/p>\n As a result, this ad requires authorization, disclosure before it can run on Facebook under this ad policy<\/strong><\/span>.<\/a> Here are some details about the authorization<\/a> process<\/strong><\/span>. To get authorized, advertisers will need to complete the following steps:<\/span><\/p>\n Transparency continues to be a major priority for us in order to prevent election interference, so we are taking a broad approach to start as we roll out this policy further.<\/span><\/p>\n Breitbart News previously reported on this in February of 2018, writing in an article:<\/span><\/p>\n Katie Harbath,\u00a0Facebook\u2019s global politics and government outreach director,\u00a0has revealed that the social media platform will be sending postcards to the addresses of political ad buyers in order to confirm that they live in the United States. This news was revealed at a meeting of the National Association of Secretaries of State in Washington shortly after Facebook\u2019s VP of Advertising\u00a0revealed<\/a><\/strong><\/span>\u00a0that Russian actors purchased ads on the social media website primarily after President Trump\u2019s election.<\/span><\/p>\n The recipient of one of Facebook\u2019s postcards would find a unique code printed on the card which they would have to enter into Facebook\u2019s website in order to continue purchasing an advertisement on the platform. Facebook spokesman Andy Stone said that the new method will first be rolled out in relation to ads that name candidates ahead of November\u2019s midterm elections. Facebook\u2019s steps to further clamp down on security relating to their platform\u2019s advertisements may be related to the recent indictment of 13 Russians and three Russian entities who were allegedly involved in efforts to sow discord within the United States using social media platforms such as Facebook and Twitter to\u00a0organise protests both for and against President Trump and generally divide Americans<\/span><\/p>\n Previously, Facebook has blocked the Roe v. Wade<\/em> film\u2019s fundraising website, which was raising money to tell the \u201ctrue story of the most corrupt court case in history that led to the murder of 60 million babies.\u201d The film\u2019s YouTube page has also faced issues, being demonetized for \u201cinvalid activity\u201d on their AdSense account, an issue which the producers say they have no knowledge of. The film is still raising money for its release at\u00a0www.RoevWade.com<\/strong><\/span>.<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n Lucas Nolan is a reporter for Breitbart News covering issues of free speech and online censorship. Follow him on Twitter\u00a0<\/em>@LucasNolan_<\/em><\/a>\u00a0or email him at\u00a0lnolan@breitbart.com<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/a><\/a><\/p>\n\n