Facebook Catered to Anti-Semites

Dale Hurd
09-15-2017

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Facebook was allowing members to market to neo-Nazis and anti-Semites before the categories were blocked this week.
 
The world's largest social network's self-service ad-buying platform allowed users to market Nazi memorabilia or recruit marchers for a far-right rally, according to the website ProPublica.
 
Facebook had been enabling advertisers to reach users interested in topics like "Jew hater," "How to burn Jews," and "History of 'why Jews ruin the world.'"
 
ProPublica proved it by buying  three "promoted posts."  The ads were approved within 15 minutes.
 
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has said that "there is no place for hate in our community," and promised to keep hate off Facebook.
 
ProPublica says after it contacted Facebook, most of the anti-Semitic categories have disappeared.

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Dale
Hurd

Since joining CBN News, Dale has reported extensively from Western Europe, as well as China, Russia, and Central and South America. Dale also covered China's opening to capitalism in the early 1990s, as well as the Yugoslav Civil War. CBN News awarded him its Command Performance Award for his reporting from Moscow and Sarajevo. Since 9/11, Dale has reported extensively on various aspects of the global war on terror in the United States and Europe. Follow Dale on Twitter @dalehurd and "like" him at Facebook.com/DaleHurdNews.
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