Facebook Sponsored Stories Can Harbor Suspicious Likes
Facebook users have been seeing more sponsored stories in their mobile and desktop news feeds, saying, "(Friend) likes (brand)." But as a report on ReadWrite notes, several users have seen their names (or those of their friends) attached to pages they haven't liked.
Facebook users have been seeing more sponsored stories in their mobile and desktop news feeds, saying, “(Friend) likes (brand).” But as a report on ReadWrite notes, several users have seen their names (or those of their friends) attached to pages they haven’t liked.
The story started out as an investigation of deceased Facebook users popping up in sponsored stories. The explanation for that one? If the person’s page has not been memorialized through Facebook, then the site continues operating as if they are still alive, such as making their name available for ads.
However, as ReadWrite’s Bernard Meisler dug further, he found that several friends were appearing in Facebook ads for pages with which they had no affiliations.
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