Facebook says it has since removed the "pseudoscience" category from its ad portal, but not before it was tagged as an interest for more than 78 million users.Facebook has been letting advertisers target users interested in "pseudoscience," allowing them to capitalize on the conspiracy theories and misinformation regarding coronavirus that have run rampant on the internet.
"We've removed this targeting option to prevent potential abuse in ads," a Facebook spokesperson said in a statement to to Business Insider.One pseudoscience-specific ad that The Markup found this month promoted a beanie that claimed to protect the person wearing it from cell phone radiation.
We don t even want to start talking about all the Qanon Pizzagate videos on Instagram and Facebook.
Reuters' strawman on 5g / covid19 link.
Administrators of Pagina Facebook Brasil should be arrested for the deaths
Here in Brazil the Facebook page of Brazil, allows more than that, lies on Facebook, and Whatsapp about the Coronavirus is generating total bad information. Publications by Brazilian Government Supporters that pandemics do not exist and that Isolation is harmful.
Is this really a surprise?
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