If you used Facebook in late November, you probably saw a stream of fundraising campaigns for charities and cultural organizations. That’s because Facebook offered up to $7 million in matching donations for nonprofits that used its platform to raise funds on Giving Tuesday. But this gesture masks the negative impact Facebook’s newly adopted advertising policies have had on nonprofit organizations that rely on social media. In response to public scrutiny stemming from the Cambridge Analytica scandal this year, Facebook has...

Source: Wall Street Journal December 09, 2018 22:52 UTC