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Re:Facebook approves alcohol, vaping and gambling ads target... by edoceo on Tuesday April 27, 2021 @10:08PM (#26964617)
this part seems important:

""Citing ethical concerns, Reset Australia did not pay for the advertisements and they did not run on the Facebook platform, but the group believes they had passed the company's internal checks""

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Re:Facebook approves alcohol, vaping and gambling ads target... by sodality2 on Tuesday April 27, 2021 @10:17PM (#26964684)
I wonder what would have happened if they had? Maybe redirect it to a blank page? Might not have passed an ethics board (but hey, who knows nowadays!) if they actually advertised it though.
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