AppNexus, a leading advertising technology company, says it has banned the conservative website Breitbart News from using its ad tools, according to a report from Bloomberg. The reason, according to a company spokesperson, is Breitbart’s violation of AppNexus’ hate speech rules. “We did a human audit of Breitbart and determined there were enough articles and headlines that cross that line, using either coded or overt language,” AppNexus spokesman Joshua Zeitz told Bloomberg in an interview.

The decision comes one week after President-elect Donald Trump tapped former Breitbart executive chairman Steve Bannon to be his White House chief strategist. The move has been widely condemned by both Democrats and Republicans because of Bannon’s…

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