Facebook COO, Sheryl Sandberg announced publicly that the company had to disable parts of its advertising functions. Offensive speech and slurs were used as targeting criteria for advertisements. “We never intended or anticipated this functionality being used this way — and that is on us,” Sandberg wrote.
The 3,000 ads Facebook is turning over to Congress may be the tip of the iceberg. Facebook, Business Insider is reporting, is not sure of the extent of the ad buys as unidentified ads could still be on the platform.
