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09-15-2017, 07:37 PM
Facebook let advertisers buy ads targeting 'Jew haters'
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Facebook is again finding itself in hot water over its ads.
The social network allowed advertisers to buy ads specifically targeting "Jew haters" and people who were "interested in" other anti-Semitic topics, according to a new report (https://www.propublica.org/article/facebook-enabled-advertisers-to-reach-jew-haters) from ProPublica.
SEE ALSO: Everything we know about how Facebook helped Trump win: A timeline (http://mashable.com/2017/09/08/facebook-elect-trump-russia-election/)
The publication found that Facebook's advertising portal contained a number of anti-Semitic categories ad-buyers could use to help target their ads on Facebook. These categories, which have since been removed, included "Jew haters," "How to burn Jews,” and “History of ‘why jews ruin the world," and "Hitler did nothing wrong."* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/09/14/facebook-anti-semitic-ads/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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Facebook is again finding itself in hot water over its ads.
The social network allowed advertisers to buy ads specifically targeting "Jew haters" and people who were "interested in" other anti-Semitic topics, according to a new report (https://www.propublica.org/article/facebook-enabled-advertisers-to-reach-jew-haters) from ProPublica.
SEE ALSO: Everything we know about how Facebook helped Trump win: A timeline (http://mashable.com/2017/09/08/facebook-elect-trump-russia-election/)
The publication found that Facebook's advertising portal contained a number of anti-Semitic categories ad-buyers could use to help target their ads on Facebook. These categories, which have since been removed, included "Jew haters," "How to burn Jews,” and “History of ‘why jews ruin the world," and "Hitler did nothing wrong."* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/09/14/facebook-anti-semitic-ads/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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