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Facebook Approves Ads Featuring Violent Hate Speech Against Women Journalists

Facebook is once again under fire this week for controversial ads it allows on its platform, with advocacy group Global Witness reporting that the social media giant approved ads featuring extreme and violent misogynistic hate speech against women journalists.
The advocacy group submitted the ads as a test of Facebook's ad systems, and modeled them after real-life examples of hate speech directed at journalists.
Facebook is often accused of ignoring hate speech in ads in favor of maximizing profit.
While it's impossible to prove the company's motives, cases like this illustrate why that's so easy to believe.
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This Cyber News was published on facecrooks.com. Publication date: Fri, 08 Dec 2023 20:43:05 +0000


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