Facebook 'pseudoscience' ad targeting

An investigation by The Markup has revealed that Facebook has been allowing advertisers to run adverts targeting people interested in 'pseudoscience'. 

Mark Zuckerberg had previously stated that 'one of [his] top priorities is making sure that [Facebook users] see accurate and authoritative information across all of [Facebook's] apps'.

Facebook subsequently removed the pseudoscience interest category. The category contained more than 78 million people, according to Facebook’s ad portal.