PBS NewsHour

Facebook allowed advertisers to target anti-Semitic groups

Clip: 09/17/2017 | 3m 40s  | Video has closed captioning.

ProPublica reported this week that Facebook advertisers were able to target ads to "Jew-haters" and other users who belonged to anti-Semitic groups. This follows a recent announcement by the company that Russian propagandists had bought thousands of ads on the platform during the presidential election. Julia Angwin, who co-reported the story for ProPublica, joins Hari Sreenivasan.

Aired: 09/17/17

Rating: NR

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