페이스북, 美 제재 조치 반박하는 화웨이 광고 차단
Facebook has removed ads by Huawei, which criticize U.S. claims that it's been spying on its users on behalf of the Chinese government.
Meanwhile, Huawei has put a number on the impact it expects to see from its blacklisting by the Trump administration.
Kim Da-mi has the details.
Facebook is taking a tough stance on Huawei advertisements for being too political.
The U.K.-based daily The Telegraph reported on Sunday that the social network recently removed several ads purchased by the Chinese tech giant for violating its transparency rules.
In one of the ads, posted at the end of May and taken down last week, Huawei warned against "mixing politics with technology," featuring a quote from its chairman, Ken Hu.
Reaching over a million users in a month, the ad ran without a disclaimer about who paid for it,...which is a requirement for Facebook ads "about social issues, elections or politics."
The Trump administration blacklisted Huawei last month amid concerns the Chinese firm could use its equipment to spy on other nations on behalf of the Chinese government.
Ever since, the U.S. has been lobbying its allies to rebuff the company's 5G network proposals.
Huawei, however, continues to deny Washington's claims.
While running an online ad campaign to try and convince people it's trustworthy, the chairman of Huawei said the tech giant will miss sales forecasts by about 30 billion dollars over the next couple of years because of the U.S. campaign.
Ren Zhenfei said Huawei is expected to post revenue of about 100 billion dollars in 2019, a decline from last year's 107 billion dollars.
While his comments seem to reveal the weight of the blacklisting on Huawei's financial outlook, Ren did not specify how he reached the 30 billion dollar figure or his forecast for the company's 2020 revenue outlook.
Kim Da-mi, Arirang News.
