The journalists tested the legitimacy of the ad categories by paying $30 to target “promoted posts” to those specific groups. Facebook later took down the offensive categories after ProPublica contacted the company for comment. In its report, ProPublica noted that the objectionable ad categories were very small. After the ad was approved, Facebook also automatically described the advert as targeting people interested in “Antysemityzm”, a Polish word. How Facebook groups bring people closer together – neo-Nazis included Read moreOther tech corporations have faced similar challenges.

Source: The Guardian September 14, 2017 22:52 UTC