Facebook Will More Closely Monitor How It Makes Money
“Seeing those words made me disgusted and disappointed—disgusted by these sentiments and disappointed that our systems allowed this.”
by Robinson Meyer
Sep 21, 2017
3 minutes
In the last week, one of Facebook’s greatest business strengths became a source of tremendous embarrassment to the company. Its famed money-making engine—which ceaselessly converts user data and content into advertising dollars, all underpinned by algorithmic plumbing—was found to have some glaring issues.
Specifically, as revealed Thursday, . Facebook’s algorithmic ad tool allowed buyers to target users who publicly entered phrases like “Jew hater,” “How to burn the Jews,” or
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