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Julia Angwin, ProPublica

The anti-social network: Four ways the US government can help fix Facebook

For years, Congress and federal regulators have allowed the world’s largest social network to police itself – with disastrous results.

Julia Angwin, ProPublica
· Apr 07, 2018 · 08:30 pm
Is Facebook committed to police discriminatory advertising for housing, employment or credit?

ProPublica bought a few ads and found major omissions.

Julia Angwin, ProPublica
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Ariana Tobin, ProPublica
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Madeleine Varner, ProPublica
· Nov 26, 2017 · 09:30 pm
Facebook enabled advertisers to direct their content to Jew haters

The social networking site has now removed several anti-Semitic ad categories and promised to improve monitoring.

Julia Angwin, ProPublica
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Madeleine Varner, ProPublica
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Ariana Tobin, ProPublica
· Sep 16, 2017 · 11:30 pm