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Facebook Mistakenly Blocking LGBT Ads

  • Engadget, Thursday, October 4, 2018 6:53 AM

As a result of changes to its political ad policy, Facebook is apparently blocking dozens of LGBT-themed ads. “Its screening system (which includes automated and human moderators) deemed them political,” Engadget reports. “Most didn’t contain advocacy or obvious political leanings -- the only common link was a reference to LGBT keywords.”

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  1. Douglas Ferguson from College of Charleston, October 4, 2018 at 9:56 a.m.

    No problem. Thanks to the FBPurity add-on, all ads are blocked on my Facebook. Plus, it blocks words I don't want to see, like "Trump" or "Kavanaugh"

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