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<\/p>\nFacebook Blocks Ad Targeting By Sexual Orientation<\/b>
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As it wrestles with the controversy over Cambridge Analytica\u2019s improper harvesting of user data<\/a>, news has emerged that Facebook has blocked ad targeting by sexual orientation, meaning that companies and organizations will no longer be able to target specific areas of the LGBTQ community.<\/p>\n This has made it impossible for some organizations whose mission it is to reach at-risk individuals to reach those people.<\/p>\n Buzzfeed News reports<\/a>:<\/p>\n The move has left organizations offering services to the LGBT community unable to directly target their audiences\u2026.<\/p>\n \u2026The Trevor Project, a national 24\/7 phone, chat<\/a>, and text line aimed at suicidal LGBT youth, says the shift has disrupted its work and that it\u2019s in talks with Facebook about reinstating the option to target ads based on sexual preference. But the discussions have so far been \u201cfruitless,\u201d the Trevor Project\u2019s chief growth officer Calvin Stowell told BuzzFeed News.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s really important to have that targeting be available,\u201d Stowell said. \u201cWe\u2019re advertising our services \u2014 obviously they\u2019re life saving.\u201d<\/p>\n GLAAD, on the other hand, told Buzzfeed that it is not against Facebook\u2019s new policies, saying it could prevent people from using the platform maliciously.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n The post Facebook Blocks Ad Targeting By Sexual Orientation<\/a> appeared first on Towleroad<\/a>.<\/p>\n