Facebook denies targeting young insecure users to push advertising

Facebook has denied it is targeting insecure young people to push advertising. A research paper, reported on but not published by The Australian newspaper, was said to go into detail about how teenage users post about self-image, weight loss, and other adolescent issues. Facebook dismissed the charge – noting the research was never used to target ads and was based on data that was anonymous and aggregated.
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