If you're a Facebook user you know that some of those targeted ads that show up on your feed can resemble things that you've searched previously.
But a Northwest Indiana man reached out to us when he saw an ad that wasn't for anything he says he was looking at.We caught up with Rick from Northwest Indiana who prefers we only use his first name and voice to hear about something that stopped him in his tracks.Facebook like most normal people would be doing."There was an add that popped up and it had nudity and pornographic images in it.
A look at fakebook's advertising policies shows adult products and adult content is prohibited, so we reached out to parent company Meta. It confirmed that in recent weeks hackers got into the site's system, saying in a statement,"After receiving reports of inappropriate content showing up in ads, we investigated and resolved the issue."
The company said it worked to reinstate accounts like Rick's that were restricted, and disable the ones connected to the explicit photos. Still, even Meta admits this can be a bit of 'whack-a-mole' with hackers always targeting the tech giant. So, consider this a warning of what's possible.
We asked Meta what users should do if you see anything like this in your feed. They said go to the 'Report A Problem' section of the Facebook app to notify them immediately. Meta says they try their best to take down content like that ASAP.
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