The bad news just keeps coming for Facebook. A week after disclosing that a Russian "troll farm" bought $100000 of ads during the 2016 election cycle,Facebook still can't say how much more Russian money was used to buy ads designed to possibly influence or disrupt our democracy.
Today, ProPublica published a bombshell report showing how Facebook allowed advertisers to select anti-semitic categories to target certain users. Facebook apparently has ad categories such as:Jew Hater
How to burn Jews
History of why Jews ruin the world
Well, or whether you are trying to target groups of Nazis,White Nationalists or just super mad white guys who want to dress in matching polos and khakis while carrying tiki torches, you may want to select these categories. And Facebook is totally there for you!In order to actually test whether these were genuine categories, and ProPublica paid a whopping $30 to run an ad. And guess what? They were approved and went live within FIFTEEN minutes.
ProPublica reports that they contact Facebook suitable absent and says they "removed the anti-Semitic categories — which were created by an algorithm rather than by people — and said it would explore ways to fix the problem,such as limiting the number of categories available or scrutinizing them before they are displayed to buyers."read more
Source: crooksandliars.com