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Facebook removes pseudoscience and conspiracy theory as an advertising option
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You can't target the very stupid any more

Facebook has removed “pseudoscience” as an option for advertisers that want to target audiences, a category available until this week even as the world’s largest social media network vowed to curb misinformation about the COVID-19 pandemic.

Facebook admits encouraging conspiracy theories
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After conspiring to claim that it was fake news

Last week Facebook hotly denied that it had funded a Washington-based lobbying company to spread fake news about its critics, but now it has admitted that it did just that.