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Facebook Removes 'Pseudoscience' Ad Category

Social media large Facebook has claimed for months it was once combating towards Chinese virus "misinformation," however simplest this week got rid of its "pseudoscience" ad-targeting class.
Social media giant Facebook has claimed for months it was fighting against Chinese virus "misinformation," but only this week removed its "pseudoscience" ad-targeting category.

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  1. "Social media giant Facebook has announced plans to ban new political ads for the week leading up to Election Day on November 3. Mark Zuckerberg announced the ban along with several other changes because he fearsthere could be an increased risk of civil unrest across the country". (September 3, 2020)
  2. "A recent report from theNew York Post claims that Facebook has hired Chinese nationals who are "working on censorship," at the company. China famously employs the "Great Chinese Firewall" to block many websites within the communist country, including Facebook". (October 21, 2020)
  3. "In a recent article, Wiredoutlines how Facebook is attempting to shut down an academic study of political ad targeting as it prepares to re-enable targeted political ads". (November 23, 2020)
  4. "Tech giant Facebook laid out its censorship plan on Thursday, stating it would begin demoting content that its "systems predict may be misinformation" relating to election fraud". (November 6, 2020)
  5. "This week, Facebook announced that the platform will take down or censor content that is completely legal and within the rules but that the site believes could increase regulatory or legal risks for the social media giant worldwide". (September 1, 2020)
  6. "A report from RealClearPolitics has found that Google pushes conservative news sites far down in search results". (September 22, 2020)
  7. "Tech giant Google has promised to block certain autocomplete search suggestions ahead of the November election in an effort to fight "misinformation". (September 11, 2020)
  8. "In its latestexpos, the investigative journalism group Project Veritas has revealed footage of Facebook Global Planning Lead Benny Thomas highlighting the need for the government to break up Facebook". (March 15, 2021)
  9. "The Guardianalleges in a recent report that Facebook has continued to allow world leaders and politicians to use its platform to lie to the public and harass political opponents, especially in third-world countries, despite being alerted to evidence of the situation". (April 12, 2021)
  10. "Facebook recently blocked access within Thailand to a group with over 1 million members that criticized the country's monarchy, now the social media site plans to take legal action against the government's demands that Facebook block the group. Facebook, which has censored posts by President Donald Trump, complains that the Thai government has a "chilling effect on peoples ability to express themselves". (August 25, 2020)
  11. "Tech giant Facebook recently stated it plans to start adding information labels to posts about global warming that direct people to a "climate change information hub."George Mason University, the Yale Program on Climate Change Communication, and the University of Cambridge will all contribute to Facebook's program of fact checking". (February 19, 2021)
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