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Dec 15, 2019

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How Facebook is Harming the Fight Against HIV

Facebook ads spread PrEP lies

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Facebook is targeting people at risk for HIV by accepting ads from law firms that make false and misleading claims about PrEP, a critical tool in the fight against HIV. LGBTQ and public health agencies are demanding Facebook stop the ads, but to no effect. At the same time, Facebook is refusing to run ads that promote PrEP awareness.

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James Finn is a columnist for the LA Blade, a former Air Force intelligence analyst, an alumnus of Act Up NY, and an agented but unpublished novelist.

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