> Facebook said it was caused by a bug in the system that has now been fixed.<p>Funny how problems like these are attributed euphemistically to "bugs" that are "fixed" in reporting.<p>I do not often see journalism incorporating detailed descriptions of computer-related mishaps other than "glitches" [1,2]. It does not help that reporting on these circumstances to journalists may also be mediocre.<p>[1] <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/dr-gridlock/wp/2016/07/21/long-lines-for-southwest-airlines-passengers-at-area-airports/" rel="nofollow">https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/dr-gridlock/wp/2016/07/2...</a><p>[2] <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-switch/wp/2015/07/08/computer-glitches-are-basically-inevitable-but-for-big-companies-they-can-be-big-problems/" rel="nofollow">https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-switch/wp/2015/07/08...</a>
My wife had a miscarriage last December; we’ve been getting mailers advertising baby formula for months - one of them was literally an entire box of samples. Turns out we’d both been trying to throw them away before the other one saw them, because it’s kind of soul crushing as a reminder. Thanks, future!
One of my acquaintances/facebook friend's daughter was murdered in Australia and she got ads about "surprising your daughter with this beautiful gift"<p>It's heart breaking to even think about it.
I don't know if this would have stopped this particular instance but "Parenting" is one of three ad categories you can hide completely in your Facebook ad settings (the other two being Alcohol and Pets) so at least you have the option to be creeped out by other types of ads instead.
If you get offended by ads then install an ad blocking service. When I recently got a new computer, I tried to support content creators by not blocking their ads. After a few days I gave up, there were too many semi pornographic ads that offended me. After installing ublock origin, all my problems went away.