Court-provided image disallowed by Facebook
Monday, December 4, 2017 (LifeSiteNews) — Facebook has denied an advertisement request by LifeSiteNews for a story it published on Canadian pro-life activist Mary Wagner. The denial was related to a court-provided image, unedited by LifeSite that was used to promote the story. Facebook claimed the ad violated Facebook Advertising Policies but refused to specify exactly how it violated their policies.
In December 2016, Wagner entered the Bloor West Village Women’s Clinic in Toronto to persuade pregnant women to choose life. She was forcibly removed from the abortion center by the abortion ‘doctor’ and an employee. The act was caught on the clinic’s security camera. Wagner was charged with and eventually convicted of breach of probation and mischief.
During Wagner’s trial, a Canadian judge disallowed not only the names of the facility’s staff from being released to the public but the security camera video as well. LifeSiteNews challenged that ruling and on November 2nd won the right to publish a court-edited version of the video that hides the identities of the abortion center staff.
On Friday, November 3, LifeSiteNews published a story titled “EXCLUSIVE: Video shows ‘doctor’ dragging pro-life activist out
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