05-12-2021, 03:38 PM
By Donie O'Sullivan, CNN Business
Updated 0238 GMT (1038 HKT) December 3, 2021
New York (CNN Business)Facebook has sold ads promoting anti-vaccine messages, comparing the US government's response to Covid-19 to Nazi Germany, casting doubt on the result of the 2020 election, and even pushing political violence.
The ads have been run by merchandise companies that have spent hundreds of thousands of dollars on Facebook over the last few years.
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Another ad compared the rollout of vaccines to the Holocaust — falsely and ludicrously implying they are part of an attempt to slaughter people on a mass scale.
The ad was run by a Facebook page named "Ride the Red Wave."
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Facebook has made more than US$280,000 from ads run by "Ride the Red Wave" since May
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"Next Level Goods," another page, run by a different company, has spent more than US$500,000 on Facebook ads since 2019. The company regularly uses Facebook to advertise anti-vaccine t-shirts.
https://edition.cnn.com/2021/12/02/tech/...index.html
Updated 0238 GMT (1038 HKT) December 3, 2021
New York (CNN Business)Facebook has sold ads promoting anti-vaccine messages, comparing the US government's response to Covid-19 to Nazi Germany, casting doubt on the result of the 2020 election, and even pushing political violence.
The ads have been run by merchandise companies that have spent hundreds of thousands of dollars on Facebook over the last few years.
......
Another ad compared the rollout of vaccines to the Holocaust — falsely and ludicrously implying they are part of an attempt to slaughter people on a mass scale.
The ad was run by a Facebook page named "Ride the Red Wave."
......
Facebook has made more than US$280,000 from ads run by "Ride the Red Wave" since May
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"Next Level Goods," another page, run by a different company, has spent more than US$500,000 on Facebook ads since 2019. The company regularly uses Facebook to advertise anti-vaccine t-shirts.
https://edition.cnn.com/2021/12/02/tech/...index.html