Facebook ads and "Jew Haters"
2017-09-15 18:31:27.790298+02 by Dan Lyke 0 comments
ProPublica: Facebook Enabled Advertisers to Reach ‘Jew Haters’, but there were only 2,274 people in it, too small a group to buy a targeted ad. Luckily, Facebook provided a work- around:
Facebook’s automated system suggested “Second Amendment” as an additional category that would boost our audience size to 119,000 people, presumably because its system had correlated gun enthusiasts with anti-Semites.
In case anyone wonders about my mixed feelings around the rights to keep and bear arms...
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