A Hiccup in Facebook's Marketing

Yesterday, news came out that Vodaphone, First Direct, Virgin and the AA are removing their ads from Facebook. Apparently their ads were being displayed next to Facebook groups affiliated with the British National Party. I’m honestly amazed that something similar never occurred with MySpace. Facebook can take two approaches: ignore it or make a change to their advertising script. As far as I know though, Facebook’s banner ads are displayed and tracked via outside advertising companies.