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As Demand for Medication Abortion Increases, Facebook Allows Ads for Potentially Dangerous “Abortion Reversal” Procedure
The ads appear as the company faces criticism for limiting content about medication abortions
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Facebook Promised to Remove “Sensitive” Ads. Here’s What It Left Behind
Dear friends, Last year, Facebook said it would stop allowing advertisers to target people using “sensitive” categories such as health …
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Facebook Promised to Remove “Sensitive” Ads. Here’s What It Left Behind
Facebook pledged to remove race, health conditions, and political affiliation from ad-targeting options, but The Markup found advertisers can still easily target the same people
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Facebook Scammers Are Shilling Fake Cryptocurrency Using Big Tech’s Biggest Names
Facebook ads have popped up to advertise nonexistent Amazon, Tesla, and even Facebook cryptocurrencies
Facebook Says It’s Dropped “Sensitive” Ad Targeting Categories
Hello, friends, According to a recent announcement by Facebook’s parent company, Meta, Jan. 19 marked the day that Facebook stopped allowing …
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One Year After the Capitol Riot, Americans Still See Two Very Different Facebooks
Data from The Markup’s Citizen Browser shows the platform’s partisan divide continues
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How We Investigated Facebook’s Most Popular Content
We found that Facebook's popularity metric obscures how well ultra-conservative content does on the platform
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Facebook Isn’t Telling You How Popular Right-Wing Content Is on the Platform
Facebook insists that mainstream news sites perform the best on its platform. But by other measures, sensationalist, partisan content reigns
New Report from Süddeutsche Zeitung
Hello, friends, The German elections took place on Sept. 26, and while the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party came …
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Leaked Facebook Documents Reveal How Company Failed on Election Promise
CEO Mark Zuckerberg had repeatedly promised to stop recommending political groups to users to squelch the spread of misinformation
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