- Country band Wes Cook Band was unable to pay for Facebook ads to promote their new song "I Stand For the Flag" after the music video was flagged as political content.
- The Nashville-based band said their song is patriotic and not political, and claimed Facebook's algorithm is politically biased.
- Facebook reviewed the video and said it made an "error."
Facebook has said it made an error after preventing Nashville-based country band Wes Cook Band from advertising their new song because it was deemed as political content.
The song, "I Stand For the Flag," came out on Monday, and the band were going to promote it with advertising on Facebook. But Facebook's algorithm flagged the video as political content and rejected the request.
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