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Facebook allowed adverts to be targeted at 'Jew haters'

15 September 2017

Facebook's ad-placing software allowed an investigative news site to target advertising at users who declared an interest in anti-Semitic topics

You could finally control your Facebook data if UK law is passed

7 August 2017

Data protection overhaul means you can soon ask companies to delete your entire social media history or personal information – and breaches of the new law will carry heftier fines

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Facebook allowed adverts to be targeted at 'Jew haters'

You could finally control your Facebook data if UK law is passed

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