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Facebook parent Meta to remove sensitive ad categories

Headline from La Crosse Tribune

Facebook’s parent company Meta says it will remove sensitive ad targeting options related to health, race or ethnicity, political affiliation, religion or sexual orientation beginning on Jan. 19.

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  1. La Crosse Tribune

    Facebook parent Meta to remove sensitive ad categories (opens La Crosse Tribune)

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    Facebook’s parent company Meta says it will remove sensitive ad targeting options related to health, race or ethnicity, political affiliation, religion or sexual orientation beginning on Jan. 19.

  2. News Center Maine

    Facebook parent Meta to remove sensitive ad targeting on multiple topics (opens News Center Maine)

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    Information advertisers currently use to target people comes from tracking user activity on Facebook, Instagram and other platforms the company owns.

  3. KTVZ Bend

    Facebook-parent Meta will remove the ability to target ads based on sensitive categories (opens KTVZ Bend)

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    By Clare Duffy, CNN Business Meta, the company formerly known as Facebook, said Tuesday it plans to limit advertisers’ ability to target users based on certain sensitive categories. Starting next year, it will remove thousands of “Detailed Targeting” keywords to target ads to specific users in categ…

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