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×U.S. EditionPart of HuffPost Politics. ©2022 BuzzFeed, Inc. All rights reserved.×Major tech giants like , Hulu and Verizon are refusing to run all or part of a new political ad that calls America a “police state” under the Trump administration.On Monday, Priorities USA Action and Color of Change PAC released a new 30-second digital ad titled “Police State” that features a montage of police officers beating, tear-gassing, tasing and running over people protesting racial inequality. The words “brute force” and “silencing dissent” appear over the footage, accompanied by audio from a June 1 speech in which President calls himself the “” and separate audio from 2017 in which he tells police: “.”AdvertisementThe ad, above, targets “younger Black voters who are ‘Trump-curious’ or undecided about Joe Biden,” and is meant to run this month through Election Day in Florida, Pennsylvania, Michigan and Wisconsin, according to . Yet according to the PACs behind it, Google refused to allow the ad to be used on its platforms, while Hulu and Verizon, which owns HuffPost’s parent company, also had issues with it. (Facebook is one of the companies to approve the ad with no changes.) In a statement to , Google says it blocked the ad because of its “shocking and disturbing content.” “We don’t allow advertisers to run ads that contain graphic violence, including depictions of blood, baton beatings, and other instances of physical trauma,” Google spokesperson Charlotte Smith told the Post. “These policies apply to all advertisers, regardless of political affiliation,” she added. Hulu it objected to “consistent violent imagery,” including “human-to-human violence,” but did agree to run part of the ad. Meanwhile, Verizon said: “The issue is that the video features some shots of violence that are intense and distressing. In general, we don’t allow ads that depict violence, criminal behavior, physical harm or leverage fear, across all categories.” Jenn Stowe, deputy executive director of Priorities USA, criticized the tech companies in for the ad. “Anti-violence content policies were clearly put in place for good reasons, but we don’t live in reasonable times,” she said. “With Trump continuing to stoke violence across the country as a political tactic, ad vendors must reevaluate their policies to ensure the issues facing voters in this election are not being censored by their out-of-date policies.” Trump’s - have been amplified in recent weeks as he’s attempted to suppress nationwide anti-racism protests by deploying tens of thousands of military police to American cities. In a particularly , federal officers in unmarked vans detained demonstrators in Portland, Oregon, during late-night protests last month. One disturbing video two officers approaching an individual who is holding their hands up, putting that person into a minivan, and then driving off. Suggest a correctionNewsletter Sign UpHuffPost's top politics stories, straight to your inbox.Successfully Subscribed!Realness delivered to your inbox

×U.S. EditionPart of HuffPost Politics. ©2022 BuzzFeed, Inc. All rights reserved.×Major tech giants like , Hulu and Verizon are refusing to run all or part of a new political ad that calls America a “police state” under the Trump administration.On Monday, Priorities USA Action and Color of Change PAC released a new 30-second digital ad titled “Police State” that features a montage of police officers beating, tear-gassing, tasing and running over people protesting racial inequality. The words “brute force” and “silencing dissent” appear over the footage, accompanied by audio from a June 1...

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