The Mystery Firms Behind the Liberal Facebook Ads Dubbing a Hawaii Rep a ‘CWILF’
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Does Facebook Really Work? People Question Effectiveness Of Ads
People Question Effectiveness Of AdsEnlarge this image toggle caption SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty ImagesAdvertisers love Facebook. The company's financial results say it all: Facebook raked in over $13 billion from ads just in the last quarter. "Facebook's advertising pitch is that you can put into the program exactly your target audience," says Seth Lesser, a lawyer who representing InvestorVillage in the case. InvestorVillage, a site that offers online discussion forums on investing, recently spent around $1,600 on two Facebook ad campaigns. Facebook sells itself as a platform that can help advertisers reach a target audience.
The Mystery Firms Behind the Liberal Facebook Ads Dubbing a Hawaii Rep a 'CWILF'
let alone A pair of posts promoted this week on a Facebook page titled The Keg Bros contained two videos, one attacking Republican megadonor Rebekah Mercer and one hailing Democratic Rep. Tulsi Gabbard. But the promoted videos are actually part of a sprawling network of Facebook pages running ads paid for by a handful of companies traced to a Democratic law firm in Colorado. Cara Lawrence, the Tierney Lawrence partner who filed incorporation records for all four, refused to discuss the Facebook ads, or put us in touch with someone who could. Some of the Facebook pages, such as Left Out Loud and Left AF, are explicitly liberal in their outlook. Various ads hit Trump and the GOP on policies including immigration, trade, criminal justice, health care, entitlement, and student loans.
ACLU Says Facebook Ads Let Employers Favor Men Over Women
Now, the American Civil Liberties Union claims Facebook is also allowing employers to discriminate against women. In addition to Facebook, the charge names 10 companies that placed ads allegedly targeting only men. ACLU According to the filing, this is the information Facebook displayed when a user clicked on "Why Am I Seeing This Ad?" Another Facebook ad included in the filing. ProPublica reported in 2016 that Facebook allowed advertisers to exclude black, Hispanic, and other "ethnic affinities" from seeing housing ads.
Does Facebook Really Work? People Question Effectiveness Of Ads
People Question Effectiveness Of AdsEnlarge this image toggle caption SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty ImagesAdvertisers love Facebook. The company's financial results say it all: Facebook raked in over $13 billion from ads just in the last quarter. "Facebook's advertising pitch is that you can put into the program exactly your target audience," says Seth Lesser, a lawyer who representing InvestorVillage in the case. InvestorVillage, a site that offers online discussion forums on investing, recently spent around $1,600 on two Facebook ad campaigns. Facebook sells itself as a platform that can help advertisers reach a target audience.
ACLU Says Facebook Ads Let Employers Favor Men Over Women
as informed in A pair of posts promoted this week on a Facebook page titled The Keg Bros contained two videos, one attacking Republican megadonor Rebekah Mercer and one hailing Democratic Rep. Tulsi Gabbard. But the promoted videos are actually part of a sprawling network of Facebook pages running ads paid for by a handful of companies traced to a Democratic law firm in Colorado. Cara Lawrence, the Tierney Lawrence partner who filed incorporation records for all four, refused to discuss the Facebook ads, or put us in touch with someone who could. Some of the Facebook pages, such as Left Out Loud and Left AF, are explicitly liberal in their outlook. Various ads hit Trump and the GOP on policies including immigration, trade, criminal justice, health care, entitlement, and student loans.
The Mystery Firms Behind the Liberal Facebook Ads Dubbing a Hawaii Rep a 'CWILF'
Now, the American Civil Liberties Union claims Facebook is also allowing employers to discriminate against women. In addition to Facebook, the charge names 10 companies that placed ads allegedly targeting only men. ACLU According to the filing, this is the information Facebook displayed when a user clicked on "Why Am I Seeing This Ad?" Another Facebook ad included in the filing. ProPublica reported in 2016 that Facebook allowed advertisers to exclude black, Hispanic, and other "ethnic affinities" from seeing housing ads.
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