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A better solution to Facebook’s controversial ad fields

By Gabriella Munoz
Published September 15, 2017 9:24pm ET
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A better solution to Facebook’s controversial ad fields
"Facebook has refused to make the ads public. Releasing those advertisements could allow the country to better understand the nature and extent of interference with our democracy." (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File) | Matt Rourke

Advertisers can no longer target “Jew-haters” and other bigots on Facebook, and that’s not necessarily the best solution.

On Thursday, it was revealed that Facebook allowed advertisers to target white supremacists and anti-Semitic audiences. ProPublica discovered and explored the extent to which these groups could be targeted. The report described the experiment:

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