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Facebook adds human reviewers after 'Jew haters' ad scandal
Facebook will add more human reviewers to its advertising system after admitting it failed to prevent, or even notice, anti-Semitic targeting on the network.
Sheryl Sandberg, the network’s chief operating officer, said she was "disgusted" by the findings of a ProPublica investigation published last week.
The report found that ads could be bought to specifically target users who described themselves as “Jew haters”, as well as other similarly hateful terms.
“We never intended or anticipated this functionality being used this way – and that is on us,” Ms Sandberg wrote.
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