Special Release: Meta Goes "Witch Hunting"

There's been quite the rumble on social media about Meta's new guidelines towards certain demographics and their ban on using targeted ads.

As you can read here, Meta is taking a huge step forward in limiting the ability of occult practitioners from advertising their services on their platform. From the article, here is the list that won't be allowed to do ads:

...starting January 19, 2022, we will be removing some Detailed Targeting options because they relate to topics people may perceive as sensitive, such as targeting options referencing causes, organizations, or public figures that relate to health, race or ethnicity, political affiliation, religion, or sexual orientation. Examples include:

Health causes (e.g., “Lung cancer awareness”, “World Diabetes Day”, “Chemotherapy”)

Sexual orientation (e.g., “same-sex marriage” and “LGBT culture”)

Religious practices and groups (e.g., “Catholic Church” and “Jewish holidays”)

Political beliefs, social issues, causes, organizations, and figures

While all are harmful, of particular interest to occultists is the third example: "Religious practices and groups."

This includes alternative religions, which occult practices fall under. So, if you read tarot for a living or sell occult literature, you're going to be SOL on Meta platforms (i.e. Facebook and Instagram) if you rely on traffic via advertising.

This heavy-handed censorship is just going to get worse on all these platforms.

It is important to remember that you do not own the platform, so if they say your business is against the rules, you can kiss any income goodbye. There's little doubt that soon you may be forced completely off their platforms for "safety reasons."

So, how do you combat this?

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