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by philwelch 2159 days ago
Have a subcontracting company do the moderation and have them run the sidebar ads.
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Which is still linked to the brand - "Facebook pays $10 M to company that runs ads on gore and rape sites"

Look at how much trouble they got in when it was revealed they were using Onavo (even before acquisition).

Meh, if that’s the worst PR they can get they’d be massively ahead of where they are now. Especially considering how massively the press narrative has turned against them overall.
But that's my point - Facebook has a massive brand problem right now, and this would just be throwing more gas into the fire.
At some point that stops being a factor. If the haters are going to hate no matter what, you actually get impunity because your actual actions stop making a difference either way.