The company eliminated the pseudoscience category from its "detailed targeting" list on Wednesday, the spokeswoman said by phone, after tech news site The Markup showed that it could advertise a post targeting people interested in pseudoscience. — AFP
Facebook Inc has removed “pseudoscience” as an option for advertisers that want to target audiences, a category available until this week even as the world's largest social media network vowed to curb misinformation about the Covid-19 pandemic.
The company has also paused the availability of some other interest categories while it evaluates its list, a Facebook spokeswoman confirmed in an email after Reuters found "conspiracy theory" was no longer an ad-targeting option.
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