Branch Campaign Web Video Yanked by Facebook

State Rep. Dan Branch, R-Dallas, has released his first web video in his campaign to become the next attorney general. Titled "Come and Take It," it highlights his desire to challenge what he calls "an overreaching federal government."

Republican attorney general candidate Dan Branch's campaign posted its first web video to Facebook on Wednesday. By Thursday, the video had been removed by Facebook administrators for allegedly violating the company's community standards.

The campaign speculates that the removal stems from objections to a part of the video in which Branch says, "I will fight for our state?s right to protect the unborn and our right to define a marriage as between one man and one woman."

The video was posted by the campaign along with a message encouraging supporters to watch it: "Please take a minute from your day to watch our debut video on why Texas must stand up and fight President Obama and those in his Administration who are trampling on our sacred Constitution."

According to Facebook's community standards, content may be removed if it is perceived as an attack on an individual or group "based on their race, ethnicity, national origin, religion, sex, gender, sexual orientation, disability or medical condition." Content may also be removed if it is perceived as a credible threat to others.

Such standards apparently do not prevent anti-gay marriage groups like "1,000,000 Supporting Traditional Marriage" ? which, with fewer than 45,000 "likes" as of this posting, is currently a bit short of its goal ? from existing.

Facebook representatives did not respond immediately to requests for comment from the Tribune or Branch's campaign.

"Our campaign has yet to receive an explanation as to why our video was deleted," campaign manager Enrique Marquez told the Tribune via email. "We sincerely hope that Facebook did not remove based on a political bias against Texans who want to fight the Obama?Administration and who respect conservative values."

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