Advertisements that promoted “sexual purity” and gay conversion therapy, often aimed at LGBTQ users, have been pulled down from Facebook.
The ads, which were spotted by The Telegraph, targeted users that had shown an interest in “gender issues” on the platform.
A video titled “Homosexuality Was My Identity” and promoting conversion therapy was shown to one user in 2017 that had like LGBTQ-friendly pages, according to The Telegraph. Another user saw an ad for “Help For Men With Same-sex Attraction,” a book by an evangelical therapist, after showing an interest in gender issues on Facebook.
The two ads have since been removed from Facebook, following the outlet’s investigation.