Did You Know? 🤔

A photograph seen by billions worldwide — a public image of Donald Trump holding up a Bible — can trigger political advertising regulations when used in a boosted post… even if the caption contains nothing political at all.

That’s exactly what happened.

The Post 📲

The post was simple:

📖 Ecclesiastes 1:8–11 (ESV)
🎶 A Parable in Sound for Humanity

No endorsement.
No campaign language.
No political commentary.
No call to vote.

Just Scripture. ✝️
Just reflection. 🕊️
Just a visual already circulated globally and archived across media outlets for years.

Organically, it could exist.

But when boosted?

Rejected. ❌

AI, Explain Why? 🤖

Here’s what the platform’s system sees — not emotionally, not spiritually — but structurally:

• A globally recognized political figure
• A religious symbol (the Bible) 📖
• Paid distribution 💰
• A justice-themed media brand ⚖️

When those elements intersect inside a paid advertisement, Meta’s automated classification system categorizes the content as relating to “social issues, elections, or politics.”

Not because of what was written.

Because of who appears in the image.

Once an ad includes a current or former public office holder, it moves into a regulated category that requires:

✔ Identity verification
✔ Political advertiser authorization
✔ “Paid for by” disclaimer

Even if the content itself contains only Scripture.

The Distinction Most People Don’t See 🔎

There is a difference between:

Content allowed to exist
and
Content allowed to be paid to amplify

The Word of God is not restricted. ✝️
Faith posts run daily.
Scripture is shared millions of times.

But when a public official is visually present in a paid promotion, the system treats it as civic communication.

It is algorithmic categorization — not theological evaluation.

The Bigger Question 🌍

If an image already seen globally can be reclassified once boosted, what does that reveal about how digital systems define influence?

Platforms do not decide truth.
They regulate distribution.

And in the digital age, distribution is power.

Ecclesiastes 1:8–11 (ESV) 📖

“All things are full of weariness;
a man cannot utter it;
the eye is not satisfied with seeing,
nor the ear filled with hearing.

What has been is what will be,
and what has been done is what will be done,
and there is nothing new under the sun.

Is there a thing of which it is said,
‘See, this is new’?
It has been already
in the ages before us.

There is no remembrance of former things,
nor will there