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Facebook profited from dangerous abortion reversal ads seen 18.4 million times
Facebook's ad platform displayed 'abortion reversal' ads that were seen 18.4 million times since January 2020, including 700,000 times by teen users. The ads promoted an unverified and unsafe medical procedure. Facebook removed many of the ads after a report by the Center for Countering Digital Hate highlighted the issue.
- Date it happened
- 2020-01-01
- Organisation involved
- Product, system or model
- Facebook ad platform
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