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Coun. Michael Oshry is asking city officials to review the city’s advertising policy after social media backlash forced it to pull ads off the The Rebel.

“We talk about inclusivity and bringing people together,” said Oshry, after introducing a motion at council Tuesday to request that review.

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“There’s very few but there are some websites that are just not appropriate. They do the exact opposite of (bringing people together) and they are borderline racist,” Oshry said. “We need to make sure that our advertising doesn’t go to contribute to those sorts of places.”

A group of anonymous Twitter users has been targeting The Rebel, taking screen captures of advertisements that appear there and asking businesses if they want to be associated with that content. The Rebel is a conservative online-media site founded by Ezra Levant after the Sun News Network went under. It’s courted controversy with pieces on islamophobia, feminism and Israel.